Aspergillus fumigatus infection in two wild Eurasian black vultures (Aegypius monachus Linnaeus) with carbofuran insecticide poisoning: A case report

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-312

  Jung, Kwonil ^a,d   Kim, Youngjun ^b,c   Lee, Hang ^b   Kim, Jong Taek ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University ^*  (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Carbofuran insecticide poisoning; Eurasian Black Vulture; Immunity; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIRD; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; KOREA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION MIGRATION; VULTURE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIRD DISEASES; CARBOFURAN; FALCONIFORMES; FATAL OUTCOME; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INSECTICIDES;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 58249116667     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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