Outbreak of avian mycobacteriosis in a flock of two-year-old domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 442-445

  Bougiouklis, P ^a   Brellou, G ^a   Fragkiadaki, E ^b   Iordanidis, P ^a   Vlemmas, I ^a   Georgopoulou, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Domestic pigeons; Histopathology; Mycobacterium avium; Outbreak; PCR

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLI; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIFORMES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 24944535293     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7325-011005R.1     Document Type: Article

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