Characterization of experimental Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in captive house finch flocks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Sydenstricker, Keila V ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a,e   Hawley, Dana M ^b,c   Jennelle, Christopher S ^d   Kollias, Heidi W ^a   Kollias, George V ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b Lab of Ornithology   (United States)

^c Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpodacus mexicanus; Conjunctivitis; Eastern house finch; Horizontal transmission; Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 33644948798     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7403-062805R.1     Document Type: Article

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