Experimental infection of house finches with Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Kollias, George V ^a   Sydenstricker, Keila V ^a   Kollias, Heidi W ^a   Ley, David H ^b   Hosseini, Parviez R ^c   Connolly, Véronique ^c   Dhondt, André A ^c  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c K Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpodacus mexicanus; Conjunctivitis; Eastern house finch; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 3543120109     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.79     Document Type: Article

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