Serologic survey of free-living nestling prairie falcons (Falco mexicanus) for selected pathogens

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-20

  Morishita, Teresa Y ^a   McFadzen, Mary E ^b,e   Mohan, Ram ^c   Aye, Pyone P ^a   Brooks, Dale L ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Greenfalk Consultants   (United States)

^c Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Disease survey; Mycoplasma; Prairie falcons; Raptors; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MYCOPLASMA; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032015283     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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