Hepatitis associated with Clostridium difficile in an ostrich chick

Avian Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Shivaprasad, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; OSTRICH; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIVER; MALE; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; POSIBACTERIA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0037305518     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307945021000070723     Document Type: Article

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