Tularemia type a in captive bornean orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus Pygmaeus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Ketz Riley, Cornelia J ^a,c   Kennedy, George A ^a   Carpenter, James W ^a   Zeidner, Nordin S ^b   Petersen, Jeannine M ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; orangutan; outbreak; Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHROPOIDEA; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RABBIT; TULAREMIA; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; APE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; RABBITS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 67651043733     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0170.1     Document Type: Article

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