Microsporidiosis in a Gouldian finch (Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-44

  Carlisle, M S ^a   Snowden, K ^b   Gill, J ^c   Jones, M ^d   O'Donoghue, P ^d   Prociv, P ^d  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Canley Heights Veterinary Surgery   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SONGBIRD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BIRD DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0036043459     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb12831.x     Document Type: Article

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