Experimental Chlamydia psittaci infection of Japanese quail

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-270

  Takashima, Ikuo ^a   Hiyoshi, Maki ^a   Kariwa, Hiroaki ^a   Mukaiya, Ryusuke ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird model; Chlamydial infection; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0029868824     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03345.x     Document Type: Article

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