Infection with Mycobacterium simiae complex in four captive Micronesian kingfishers

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1524-1529

  Travis, Erika K ^a,b,d   Junge, Randall E ^a   Terrell, Scott P ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^d Utah's Hogle Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; SIMIAE; TODIRHAMPHUS CINNAMOMINUS;

EID: 34248663275     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.10.1524     Document Type: Article

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