A comparison of sampling methods for airborne fungal spores during AN outbreak of aspergillosis in the forest aviary of the North Carolina Zoological Park

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 454-463

  Dykstra, Michael J ^a   Loomis, Michael ^b   Reininger, Kenneth ^b   Zombeck, Deborah ^b   Faucette, Tony ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aviary air; Fungal air sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLADOSPORIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLADOSPORIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PENICILLIUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0031303873     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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