Low prevalence of Salmonella enterica in Australian wildlife

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-659

  Parsons, Sandra K ^a   Bull, C Michael ^b   Gordon, David M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNARIUS BIOCELLATUS; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78649699984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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