A Survey of the Choanal and Cloacal Aerobic Bacterial Flora in Free-Living and Captive Red-Tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Lamberski, Nadine ^a,d   Hull, Angus C ^c   Beckmen, Kimberlee ^b,e   Morishita, Teresa Y ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Golden Gate Raptor Observ Building ^*  (United States)

^d San Diego Wild Animal Park   (United States)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter cooperii; Aerobic bacteria; Buteo jamaicensis; Choana; Cloaca; Cooper's hawk; Microbiology; Raptor; Red tailed hawk

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOACA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOWL; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; RAPTOR; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTEO; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLIFORMES; MICROCOCCUS; PASTEURELLA; RAPTORES; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 1442359764     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2002-025     Document Type: Review

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