Mycoplasmosis in captive crows and robins from Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 547-555

  Wellehan, James F X ^a   Calsamiglia, Maria ^a   Ley, David H ^b   Zens, Mark S ^a   Amonsin, Alongkorn ^a   Kapur, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American crow; American robin; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Mycoplasma sturni; Mycoplasmosis; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Turdus migratorius

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MINNESOTA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0035403638     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.547     Document Type: Article

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