Concurrent aspergillosis and ascites with high mortality in a farm of growing broiler chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-713

  Zafra, R ^a   Perez J ^a,c   Perez Ecija R A ^a   Borge, C ^a   Bustamante, R ^b   Carbonero, A ^a   Tarradas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Poultry Veterinary Clinician   (Spain)

^c Edificio de Sanidad Animal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascites; Aspergillosis; Broiler; Granulomatous pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIRD DISEASE; BRONCHUS; BUILDING; CHICKEN; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG MYCOSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASCITES; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHI; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; POULTRY DISEASES; SPAIN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 58149098613     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8283-031208-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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