Infectious disease survey of Rio Grande wild turkeys in the Edwards Plateau of Texas

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 826-833

  Peterson, Markus J ^a   Aguirre, Raymond ^b   Ferro, Pamela J ^c   Jones, Dustin A ^a   Lawyer, Tim A ^b   Peterson, M Nils ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Mycoplasma synoviae; Reticuloendotheliosis virus; Rio Grande wild turkey; Serologic survey; Texas; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA MELEAGRIDIS; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS VIRUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TEXAS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0038343570     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.826     Document Type: Article

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