Treatment of epidermal cysts associated with Aspergillus fumigatus and Alternaria species in a silky bantam chicken

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-137

  Suedmeyer, Wm Kirk ^a   Bermudez, Alex J ^a   Fales, William H ^a  

^a Kansas City Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Aspergillus fumigatus; Avian; Epidermal cysts; Itraconazole; Silky bantam chicken

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMOID CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036623836     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2002)016[0133:TOECAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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