Clinical, mycological and pathological findings in turkeys experimentally infected by Aspergillus fumigatus

Avian Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-219

  Femenia, Françoise ^a   Fontaine, Jean Jacques ^a   Lair Fulleringer, Sybille ^a   Berkova, Nadia ^a   Huet, Dominique ^a   Towanou, Narcisse ^a   Rakotovao, Farasoa ^a   Granet, Oumaima Ibrahim ^b   Loc'h, Guillaume Le ^a   Arné, Pascal ^a   Guillot, Jacques ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 34248579174     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450701332337     Document Type: Article

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