Fungal diseases of columbiformes and anseriformes

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-361

  Pollock, Christal ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COPPER SULFATE; CREATININE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNGICIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NITROGEN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; SALICYLIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; FUNGI;

EID: 0038010618     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(03)00003-3     Document Type: Review

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