Macrorhabdus ornithogaster in ostrich, rhea, canary, zebra finch, free range chicken, turkey, guinea-fowl, columbina pigeon, toucan, chuckar partridge and experimental infection in chicken, Japanese quail and mice

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-298

  Martins, N R S ^a   Horta, A C ^a   Siqueira, A M ^b   Lopes, S Q ^c   Resende, J S ^a   Jorge, M A ^d   Assis, R A ^a   Martins, N E ^a   Fernandes, A A ^a   Barrios, P R ^a   Costa, T J R ^a   Guimaraes L M C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c Médico Veterinário Autônomo   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Budgerigar; Canary; Chuckar partridge; Domestic pigeon; Free range chicken; Guinea fowl; Industrial broiler; Macrorhabdus ornithogaster; Megabacteria; Ostrich; Rhea; Ruddy ground dove; Toucan; Turkey; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; COCCIDIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBINA; COLUMBINA TALPACOTI; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FRINGILLIDAE; FUNGI; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MACRORHABDUS; MALLOPHAGA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; PHASIANIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; RHEIFORMES; SERINUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERMES;

EID: 33748764681     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: 01020935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352006000300001     Document Type: Article

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