Avian mycobacteriosis in companion birds: 20-year survey

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-327

  Manarolla, Giovanni ^a   Liandris, Emmanouil ^b   Pisoni, Giuliano ^a   Sassera, Davide ^a   Grilli, Guido ^a   Gallazzi, Daniele ^a   Sironi, Giuseppe ^a   Moroni, Paolo ^a   Piccinini, Renata ^a   Rampin, Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Avian mycobacteriosis; Birds; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium genavense; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CUCULLATA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 58149143129     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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