Avian mycobacteriosis in free-living raptors in California: 6 Cases (1997-2001)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-40

  Tell, Lisa A ^a   Ferrell, Shannon T ^a,c   Gibbons, Paul M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Animal Health ^*  (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO LINEATUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE DISTENSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MONOCYTOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RAPTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACILLI; BUBO; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; BUTEO; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO LINEATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 3042737274     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2003-007     Document Type: Article

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