Ante mortem diagnosis of mycobacterial infection by liver biopsy in a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 273-276

  Foldenaueri, U ^a   Curd, S ^a   Zulauf, I ^b   Hatt, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Universität Zürich ^*

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Liver biopsy; Mycobacteriosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PARAKEET; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; LIVER; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 34250713878     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.149.06.273     Document Type: Article

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