Chlamydiosis in captive white-winged doves (Zenaida asiatica)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 505-508

  Grimes, James E ^a   Small, Michael F ^b   French, Lewanne L ^c   Sneed, Loyd W ^a   Andersen, Arthur A ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c Animal Medical Clinic   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydiosis; Direct complement fixation; Elementary body agglutination; White winged dove; Zenaida asiatica

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA ASIATICA;

EID: 0031127264     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592215     Document Type: Article

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