Prevalence of mycoplasmas in eggs from birds of prey using culture and a genus-specific mycoplasma polymerase chain reaction

Avian Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-150

  Lierz, M ^a   Hagen, N ^a   Harcourt Brown, N ^b   Hernandez Divers, S J ^c   Luschow D ^a   Hafez, H M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAPTOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAPTORS;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA LIPOFACIENS; MYCOPLASMATALES; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 34248193917     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450701213347     Document Type: Article

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