Henton, Marijke M.Riley, J.Agnagna, M.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2012-07-132012-07-1320122000Huchzermeyer, FW, Henton, MM, Riley, J & Agnagna, M 2000, 'Aerobic intestinal flora of wild-caught African dwarf crocodiles Osteolaemus tetraspis’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 201-204.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19421The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Intestinal contents were collected from wild-caught African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis) in 1993 and 1995 which were slaughtered at urban markets in the Congo Republic. The samples were kept frozen and brought back to Onderstepoort for aerobic culture. Out of 29 specimens, 33 species of bacteria and 20 species of fungi were isolated. The bacteria included three isolates of Salmonella and eight isolates of Escherichia coli, most of the latter being rough strains. The flora of individual specimens contained 1-5 bacterial and 0-5 fungal species. Neither Aeromonas hydrophila nor Edwardsiella tarda were isolated from any of the samples.© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineAfrican dwarf crocodileEscherichia coliIntestinal floraSalmonellaVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaCrocodylidae -- ResearchArticle