Isolation of enteric pathogens from bats in trinidad

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 952-961

  Adesiyun, Abiodun A ^a   Stewart Johnson, Alva ^a   Thompson, Nadin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Campylobacter spp; Enteric bacterial; Escherichia coli; Nootropic bats; Pathogens; Salmonella; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MOLOSSUS; MOLOSSUS ATER; MYOTIS VIVESI; NOCTILIO LEPORINUS; SALMONELLA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BAT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 75349103039     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.952     Document Type: Article

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