Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a blue-fronted amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva aestiva)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 381-383

  Peters, Martin ^a   Prodinger, Wolfgang M ^b   Gümmer, Heike ^c   Hotzel, Helmut ^d   Möbius, Petra ^d   Moser, Irmgard ^d  

^a Staatliches Veterinaeruntersuchungsamt   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Veterinary Clinic   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon parrot; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARROT; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AMAZONA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRD DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSES;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AESTIVA; AMAZONA AESTIVA AESTIVA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34248545532     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.03.030     Document Type: Letter

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