Cases of spirochete-associated necrotizing typhlitis in captive common rheas (Rhea americana)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 144-148

  Buckles, E L ^a   Eaton, K A ^a   Swayne, D E ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

necrotizing typhlitis; rheas; Serpulina; spirochetes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; RHEA AMERICANA; RHEIFORMES; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0030980175     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592454     Document Type: Article

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