Mycoplasmosis in evening and pine grosbeaks with conjunctivitis in Quebec

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 826-830

  Mikaelian, Igor ^a,f   Ley, David H ^b   Claveau, Raynald ^c   Lemieux, Michel ^d   Bérubé, Jean Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clin Veterinaire Claveau Dubord B   (Canada)

^d Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^e IDEXX Veterinary Services ^*  (Canada)

^f IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Coccothraustes vespertinus; Conjunctivitis; Evening grosbeak; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Mycoplasmosis; Pine grosbeak; Pinicola enucleator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEBEC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SONGBIRDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035490177     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.4.826     Document Type: Article

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