Chlamydiosis in pen-raised bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) and chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) with high mortality

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 798-803

  Erbeck, Douglas H ^a   Nunn, Stacey A ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydiosis in bobwhite quail; Zoonotic chlamydiosis

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0033210858     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592752     Document Type: Article

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