Granulomatous pneumonia in a captive freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) caused by Mycobacterium szulgai

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-554

  Roh, Yoon Seok ^a   Park, Heejin ^a   Cho, Ara ^a   Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul ^a   Chekarova, Irina ^a   Ejaz, Sohail E ^b   Lim, Chae Woong ^a   Kim, Bumseok ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Crocodylus johnstoni; lung; mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium szulgai

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; GRANULOMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

ALLIGATOR; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; REPTILIA;

EID: 77956487162     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0237.1     Document Type: Article

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