Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolated from house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) with conjunctivitis

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 480-483

  Ley, David H ^a   Edward Berkhoff, J ^a   McLaren, Judith M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpodacus mexicanus; conjunctivitis; eye lesions; house finch; MG; Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0030127226     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592250     Document Type: Article

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