An outbreak of chlamydiosis in captive blue-fronted Amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva) in Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-96

  De Freitas Raso, Tânia ^a   Godoy, Sílvia Nery ^b   Milanelo, Liliane ^c   De Souza, Cláudia Almeida Igayara ^b   Matuschima, Eliana Reiko ^b   Araújo Jr , João Pessoa ^a   Pinto, Aramis Augusto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Recuperação de Animais Selvagens   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazona aestiva; Blue fronted Amazon parrot; Brazil; Chlamydiosis; Chlamydophila psittaci

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AESTIVA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 2942562350     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-090     Document Type: Article

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