Thelebolus microsporus mycelial mats in the trachea of wild brown skua (Catharacta antarctica Ionnbergi) and South Polar skua (C. maccormicki) carcasses

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 443-447

  Leotta, Gerardo A ^a   Paré, Jean A ^b   Sigler, Lynne ^c   Montalti, Diego ^d   Vigo, Germán ^a   Petruccelli, Miguel ^a   Reinoso, Enso H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Case report; Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi; Catharacta maccormicki; Necropsy; Skua; Thelebolus microsporus; Tracheal obstruction

Indexed keywords

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; FUNGI; MICROSPORUS; THELEBOLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; MYCOSES; SEROSITIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

EID: 0036547752     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.443     Document Type: Article

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