Backyard chicken flocks pose a disease risk for neotropic birds in Costa Rica

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 558-566

  Hernandez Divers, Sonia M ^a,d   Villegas, Pedro ^a   Jimenez, Carlos ^b   Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a   Garcia, Maricarmen ^a   Riblet, Sylva M ^a   Carroll, C Ron ^a   O'Connor, Barry M ^c   Webb, Julie L ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Williams, Susan M ^a   Sanchez, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Backyard chickens; Costa Rica; Free ranging; Husbandry; Pathogens; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COSTA RICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; COSTA RICA; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

AVES; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; CIRCOVIRIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 1; GALLUS GALLUS; ILTOVIRUS; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 58149083721     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8298-032808-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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