Experimental inoculation of pigeons (Columba livia) with Mycobacterium bovis

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 470-475

  Fitzgerald, S D ^a   Zwick, L S ^a   Berry, D E ^b   Church, S V ^b   Kaneene, J B ^a   Reed, W M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Mycobacterium bovis; Pigeon; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 0042882632     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2003)047[0470:EIOPCL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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