Outbreak of aspergillosis in a flock of adult ostriches (Struthio camelus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 124-125

  Perez J ^a   Garcia P M ^a   Mendez A ^a   Astorga, R ^a   Luque, I ^a   Tarradas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN; IVERMECTIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AIR SAC; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; EUTHANASIA; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 18344417784     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.4.124     Document Type: Article

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