Coxiella-like infection in psittacines and a toucan

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 426-432

  Shivaprasad, H L ^a   Cadenas, M B ^b   Diab, S S ^a   Nordhausen, R ^a   Bradway, D ^c   Crespo, R ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Coxiella; Hepatitis; Psittacines; Splenitis; Toucan

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PSITTACINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; COXIELLA; DNA PRIMERS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSITTACIFORMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; PSITTACIFORMES; RAMPHASTOS TOCO;

EID: 54249101012     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8192-120707-Reg     Document Type: Article

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