Investigation of factors predicting disease among zoo birds exposed to avian mycobacteriosis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Witte, Carmel L ^a   Hungerford, Laura L ^b   Papendick, Rebecca ^a   Stalis, Ilse H ^a   Rideout, Bruce A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 76049092197     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.236.2.211     Document Type: Article

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