Cecal spirochetosis associated with Serpulina pilosicoli in captive juvenile ring-necked pheasants

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 997-1002

  Webb, Dale M ^a   Duhamel, Gerald E ^b   Mathiesen, Michelle R ^b   Muniappa, Nagaraja ^b   White, Amy K ^b  

^a Animal Disease Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian spirochetosis; Cecal spirochetosis; Immunohistochemistry; Pheasant; Polymerase chain reaction; Serpulina pilosicoli

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031251897     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592360     Document Type: Article

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