Standardized method of aerosol challenge for testing the efficacy of Mycoplasma gallisepticum vaccines

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 654-660

  Whithear, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infectious aerosol; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; mycoplasma vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 0030199109     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592277     Document Type: Article

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