Fatal clostridial enterotoxemia (Clostridium glycolicum) in an ornate Nile monitor (Varanus ornatus).

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Published in J Zoo Wildl Med on March 01, 2006

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Mads F Bertelsen1, J Scott Weese

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1: Toronto Zoo, 361A Old Finch Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario M1B 5K7, Canada.

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