Encephalitis caused by Sarcocystis falcatula-like organisms in a white cockatoo (Cacatua alba)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-24

  Siegal Willott, Jessica L ^a,b   Pollock, Christal G ^a   Carpenter, James W ^a   Nietfeld, Jerome ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Cacatua alba; Coccidia; Cockatoo; Encephalitis; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CELECOXIB; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; SELENIUM; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CACATUA ALBA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOWL; HEAD TILTING; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SCHIZONT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ATAXIA; AVES; CACATUA ALBA; COCCIDIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA;

EID: 14944359543     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2004-005     Document Type: Article

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