Avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum)

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 425-442

  Levisohn, S ^a   Kleven, S H ^b  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian diseases; Biosecurity; Chronic respiratory disease; In ovo transmission; Molecular typing; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIFORMES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; REVIEW; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS;

EID: 0040782137     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.19.2.1232     Document Type: Article

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