Pasteurella multocida in scavenging family chickens and ducks: Carrier status, age susceptibility and transmission between species

Avian Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Mbuthia, P G ^a   Njagi, L W ^a   Nyaga, P N ^a   Bebora, L C ^a   Minga, U ^b   Kamundia, J ^c   Olsen, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA   (Tanzania)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUCK; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; DUCKS; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; POULTRY DISEASES;

ANAS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 38349082432     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450701784891     Document Type: Article

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