Ectoparasites and associated pathogens of free-roaming and captive animals in zoos of South Carolina

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 469-477

  Nelder, Mark P ^a   Reeves, Will K ^b   Adler, Peter H ^a   Wozniak, Arthur ^c   Wills, William ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Bartonella; Exotic; Flea(s); Rickettsia; Tick(s); Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BEAR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROW; CTENOCEPHALIDES; ECTOPARASITE; EHRLICHIA; FLEA; HOST; IXODES; IXODES BRUNNEUS; IXODES DENTATUS; LOUSE; MAMMAL; NEOHAEMATOPINUS SCIURI; NONHUMAN; ORCHOPEAS HOWARDI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RICKETTSIA; SQUIRREL; TRYPANOSOMA; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; ARTHROPODS; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ANOPLURA; AVES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA SP.; BARTONELLA SP. OH6; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; COXIELLA BURNETII; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; EHRLICHIA; IXODES BRUNNEUS; IXODES DENTATUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; NEOHAEMATOPINUS SCIURI; ORCHOPEAS HOWARDI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIALES; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TRYPANOSOMA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 70350346097     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0008     Document Type: Article

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