Mucor ramosissimus associated with feather loss in Canaries (Serinus canarius)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 643-645

  Quesada, O ^a   Rodriguez F ^a   Herraez P ^a   Seara, D ^b   Espinosa De Los Monteros, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Veterinario Tenerife Norte   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Canaries; Feather loss; Mucor ramosissimus; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; FEATHER; FINCH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DERMATITIS; FEATHERS; FINCHES; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS;

AVES; FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR RAMOSISSIMUS; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 34249946594     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)51[643:MRAWFL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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