Presence of C. albidus, C. laurentii and C. uniguttulatus in crop and droppings of pigeon lofts (Columba livia)

Mycopathologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Rosario, I ^a   Soro, G ^b   Deniz S ^a   Ferrer, O ^a   Acosta, F ^a   Padilla, D ^a   Acosta, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Dunas Veterinary Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

C. albidus; C. laurentii; C. uniguttulatus; Crop; Cryptococcosis; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FECES; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIUM UNIGUTTULATUM;

EID: 77952670890     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9262-0     Document Type: Article

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