Growth and Metabolic Characterization of Macrorhabdus Ornithogaster

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-265

  Hannafusa, Yasuko ^a   Bradley, Allison ^b   Tomaszewski, Elizabeth E ^b,c   Libal, Melissa C ^c   Phalen, David N ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation; chicken; growth; Macrorhabdus ornithogaster

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOVINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; MACRORHABDUS; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

FUNGAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAKEET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZATION; STOMACH DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; DNA, FUNGAL; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 34250660146     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900305     Document Type: Article

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