title: Quarantine protocols and preventive medicine procedures for reptiles, birds and mammals in zoos.
abstract: The author describes the basic preventive medicine procedures, including quarantine, which should be applied to reptiles, birds and mammals in zoological parks. The quarantine protocol for institutions accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association is described as an example.
authors.affiliation: St Louis Zoological Park, MO 63110-1396, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001717:Birds; D008322:Mammals; D011790:Quarantine / Q000662:veterinary*; D012104:Reptiles