Prolonged environmental persistence requires efficient disinfection procedures to control Devriesea agamarum-associated disease in lizards

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-32

  Hellebuyck, T ^a   Pasmans, F ^a   Blooi, M ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Martel, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Devriesea agamarum; Disinfection; Environmental survival; Lizards

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; DISEASE CONTROL;

DEVRIESEUM AGAMARUM; DISTILLED WATER; DRY SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVIVAL; LIZARD; NUTRIENT-STARVATION; SUSPENSION TEST; TOPICAL TREATMENTS;

DISINFECTION;

ALCOHOL; BORIC ACID; CHLOROXYLENOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PERACETIC ACID; WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHEMICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISINFECTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INORGANIC ACID; LIZARD; ORGANIC ACID; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DERMATITIS; DEVRIESEA AGAMARUM; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENT; LIZARD; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SAND; SKIN DEFECT; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650067472     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02962.x     Document Type: Article

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