Clinical and zoonotic aspects of psittacosis

In Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 256-263

  Billington, Suzetta ^a  

^a Birch Heath Veterinary Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOXYCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE; ENROFLOXACIN; ORNICURE; RONAXAN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRD DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; FATALITY; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PARROT; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEAR; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 20044392661     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.27.5.256     Document Type: Article

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