Mycoplasma sturni from blue jays and northern mockingbirds with conjunctivitis in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-406

  Ley, David H ^a   Geary, Steven J ^b   Edward Berkhoff, J ^a   McLaren, Judith M ^a   Levisohn, Sharon ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blue jay; Case reports; Conjunctivitis; Cyanocitta cristata; Mimus polyglottos; Mycoplasma sturni; Northern mockingbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLORIDA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032039888     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.403     Document Type: Article

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