Acute pulmonary Sarcocystis falcatula-like infection in three Victoria crowned pigeons (Goura victoria) housed indoors

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 252-256

  Suedmeyer, Wm Kirk ^a   Bermudez, Alex J ^b   Barr, Bradd C ^c   Marsh, Antoinette E ^b  

^a Kansas City Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Didelphis virginiana; Goura victoria; Pulmonary edema; Sarcocystis falcatula; Victoria crowned pigeon; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SARCOCYSTIS; SOIL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; AUTOPSY; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SOIL;

EID: 0038262735     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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