Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. in non-diarrhoeic dogs in Trinidad

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 337-342

  Seepersadsingh, N ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^a   Seebaransingh, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 8844220523     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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