Mycoplasma sturni and Mycoplasma gallisepticum in wild birds in Scotland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 513-515

  Pennycott, T W ^a   Dare, C M ^b   Yavari, C A ^b   Bradbury, J M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD DISEASE; CARCASS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA STURNI; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PATHOGENICITY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA STURNI; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE;

EID: 18044392044     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.16.513     Document Type: Article

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