Health assessment of the Guam rail (Gallirallus owstoni) population in the guam rail recovery program

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-233

  Fontenot, Deidre K ^a   Terrell, Scott P ^a   Malakooti, Kevin ^b   Medina, Suzanne ^c  

^a DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^b Animal Medical Clinic   (United States)

^c Department of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Avian; Domestic chicken; Gallirallus owstoni; Guam rail; Health assessment; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLIRALLUS OWSTONI; GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 33846045758     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2006)20[225:HAOTGR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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