Conjunctival flora of clinically normal captive green iguanas (iguana iguana)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-30

  Taddei, S ^a   Dodi, P L ^a   Di Ianni, F ^a   Cabassi, C S ^a   Cavirani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGUANA IGUANA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIZARD; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGUANAS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77955284849     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4868     Document Type: Article

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