Pasteurella gallinarum: Zimbabwean experience of a versatile pathogen

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-305

  Mohan, K ^a   Dziva, F ^a   Chitauro, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Barrington Vetcare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Chicken; guinea fowls; Pasteurella gallinarum; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HAEMOPHILUS; MYCOPLASMA; PASTEURELLA GALLINARUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034569433     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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