Cryptosporidium baileyi infection associated with an outbreak of ocular and respiratory disease in otus owls (Otus scops) in a rehabilitation centre

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Molina López, Rafael A ^a,b   Ramis, Antoni ^b   Martín Vázquez, Samuel ^c   Gómez Couso, Hipólito ^c,d   Ares Mazás, Elvira ^c   Cacciò, Simone Mario ^d   Leiva, Marta ^b   Darwich, Laila ^b  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; ENROFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; EUTHANASIA; EYELID DISEASE; OWL; PARASITOLOGY; PTOSIS; RAPTOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DICLOFENAC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDEMA; EUTHANASIA; EYELID DISEASES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; RAPTORS; STRIGIFORMES; TOBRAMYCIN;

AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; FALCONIFORMES; OTUS; OTUS SCOPS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 77953626254     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079451003717589     Document Type: Article

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