Clostridium sordellii in a brown bear (Ursus arctos) from Spain

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1047-1051

  Balseiro, Ana ^a   Oleaga, Álvaro ^b,c   Polledo, Laura ^d   Aduriz, Gorka ^e   Atxaerandio, Raquel ^e   Kortabarria, Nekane ^e   García Marín, Juan F ^d  

^a Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^b SERPA SA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^e NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Clostridium sordellii; Spain; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; SPAIN; URSIDAE;

EID: 84887106326     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-03-065     Document Type: Article

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