Acta Vet. Brno 2015, 84: 209-213

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201584030209

The incidence and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella species isolated from cloacae of captive veiled chameleons

Silvia Barazorda Romero1, Zdeněk Knotek1, Alois Čížek2, Martina Masaříková2, Petra Myšková3

1University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic, Brno, Czech Republic
2University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Brno, Czech Republic
3Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic

Received June 18, 2014
Accepted April 1, 2015

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