Methods of detection of Chlamydia psittaci in domesticated and wild birds

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 516-521

  McElnea, C L ^a   Cross, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird; Chlamydia psiffaci; Chlamydiosis; DNA hybridisation; ompB gene; PCR

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENTEROBACTER;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSITTACOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033173528     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12123.x     Document Type: Article

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