Field investigation of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infections in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) from Maryland and Georgia

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-341

  Luttrell, M P ^a,b   Fischer, J R ^a   Stallknecht, D E ^a   Kleven, S H ^a  

^a Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpodacus mexicanus; conjunctivitis; Georgia; house finch; Maryland; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; survey

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0030127229     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592229     Document Type: Article

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