Diagnosis of avian mycobacteriosis: Comparison of culture, acid-fast stains, and polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Mycobacterium avium in experimentally inoculated Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 444-452

  Tell, Lisa A ^a   Foley, Janet ^a   Needham, Martha L ^a   Walker, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Culture; Japanese quail; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium avium; PCR; Truant AFB stain; Ziehl Neelsen AFB stain

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLIFORMES; JAPONICA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COTURNIX; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN;

EID: 0042329805     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2003)047[0444:DOAMCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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