An outbreak of avian mycobacteriosis caused by mycobacterium intracellulare in little blue penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 680-686

  Napier, Julia E ^a   Hinrichs, Steven H ^b   Lampen, Francois ^c   Iwen, Peter C ^b   Wickert, Robert S ^b   Garrett, Jodi L ^b   Aden, Tricia A ^b   Restis, Eva ^d   Curro, Thomas G ^c   Simmons, Lee G ^a   Armstrong, Douglas L ^a  

^a Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Virginia Tech College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian mycobacteriosis; Eudyptula minor; Little blue penguin; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Plaques; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PATHOLOGY; PENGUIN; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; SPHENISCIDAE; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN;

AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 72649099632     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0014.1     Document Type: Article

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