Endosurgical debridement and diode laser ablation of lung and air sac granulomas in psittacine birds

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 138-145

  Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sacculitis; Aspergillus; Avian; Endoscopy; Granuloma; Laser; Psittacine

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; ISOFLURANE; ITRACONAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AIR SAC; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIODE LASER; ENDOSCOPE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LASER SURGERY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG GRANULOMA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PSITTACINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AMAZONICA; AMAZONA ORATRIX; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; CACATUA; CACATUA MOLUCCENSIS; ERITHACUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0036623888     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2002)016[0138:EDADLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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