Mycobacterium avium-related epizootic in free-ranging lesser flamingos in Kenya

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-300

  Kock, N D ^a,b   Kock, R A ^b,c   Wambua, J ^c   Kamau, G J ^c   Mohan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Intl Wildlife Veterinary Services   (United States)

^c KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Epizootic; Lesser flamingo; Mycobacteriosis; Phoeniconaias minor; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS MINOR; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; KENYA; LIVER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NECROSIS; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN;

EID: 0033112667     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.297     Document Type: Article

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