Articular aspergillosis of hip joints in turkeys

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1098-1101

  Olias, Philipp ^a   Hauck, Rüdiger ^a   Windhaus, Heinrich ^b   Van Der Grinten, Elisabeth ^a   Gruber, Achim D ^a   Hafez, Hafez M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Tierarztpraxis Windhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

mycosis; ORT; poultry; turkey osteomyelitis complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIP; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); JOINT DISEASES; POULTRY DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIP JOINT; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; FUNGI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77956989057     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9232-011110-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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