Etiological agents of mycobacterioses in pet birds between 1986 and 1995

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 991-992

  Hoop, Richard K ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^b   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029880060     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.991-992.1996     Document Type: Article

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