Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in a European starling

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 336-339

  Frasca Jr , S ^a   Hinckley, Lynn ^a   Forsyth, Mark H ^b   Gorton, Timothy S ^a   Geary, Steven J ^a   Van Kruiningen, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; European starling; Eye; Mycoplasma sturni; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031114298     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.336     Document Type: Article

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