Radiographic diagnosis - Granulomatous pneumonia with intralesional acid-fast bacilli in an Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva)

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-184

  Clippinger, Tracy L ^a   Bennett, R Avery ^a   Newell, Susan M ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid fast; Avian; Granuloma; Laparoscopy; Mycobacterium sp.; Pneumonia; Radiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA AESTIVA; AVES; BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PARROT; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PARROTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN;

EID: 0032060026     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1998.tb00336.x     Document Type: Article

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