Erysipelas in the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

Avian Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-387

  Gartrell, B D ^a   Alley, M R ^a   Mack, H ^a   Donald, J ^a   McInnes, K ^b   Jansen, P ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; ERYSIPELAS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; HISTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PARROT; PATHOLOGY; ULNA; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERYSIPELAS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NEW ZEALAND; PARROTS; ULNA; VACCINATION;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; PSITTACIDAE; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 26644462392     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450500268583     Document Type: Article

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