Conjunctival mycobacteriosis in two emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 346-348

  Pocknell, A M ^b   Miller, B J ^b   Neufeld, J L ^b   Grahn, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Dromaius novaehollandiae; Emu; Eye; Mycobacterium avium; Ratites; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLI; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PLASMA CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0030144014     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589603300314     Document Type: Article

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