Long-term study of Chlamydophilosis in Slovenia

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 23-36

  Dovc, Alenka ^a   Dovc, P ^a   Kese, D ^a   Vlahovic K ^b   Pavlak, M ^b   Zorman Rojs, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Cage birds; Challenge experiment; Chlamydial infection; Chlamydophila psittaci; Free living birds; Immunology; Parrots; Riskgroups

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD DISEASE; CANARY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARROT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SLOVENIA; SMEAR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUNG; MALE; PSITTACOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SLOVENIA; SPLEEN; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CARDUELIS CARDUELIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLIDAE; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PYRRHULA;

EID: 15844400293     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-0834-2     Document Type: Article

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