Investigation of faecal pathogens in a flock of mute swans (Cygnus olor) [6]

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 279-280

  Watabe, Miyuki ^a   Sekizuka, T ^a   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Rooney, Paul J ^a   Moore, John E ^a   Matsuda, Motoo ^b   Xiao, Lihua ^c   Lowery, Colm J ^d   Dooley, James S G ^d   Rao, J R ^e  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; WATER CONTAMINATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIRDS; FECES; NORTHERN IRELAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYGNUS; CYGNUS OLOR; OLOR; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 12144289090     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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