Detection of Salmonella serovars in zoo and pet reptiles, rabbits, and rodents in Iran by culture and PCR methods

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-202

  Salehi, T Zahraei ^a   Mahzounieh, M ^b   Khaksar, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Rabbit; Reptile; Rodent; Salmonella; Virulence gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951254536     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0841-8     Document Type: Article

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