Cryptosporidium avian genotype III as a possible causative agent of chronic vomiting in peach-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1102-1107

  Makino, Ikuko ^a   Abe, Niichiro ^b   Reavill, Drury R ^c  

^a Yokohama Bird Clinic   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Zoo/Exotic Pathology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium avian genotype III; Japan; peach faced lovebirds; proventricular cryptosporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARROT; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VOMITING; AGAPORNIS; VETERINARY;

AGAPORNIS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROVENTRICULUS; VOMITING;

AGAPORNIS ROSEICOLLIS; AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77957007651     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9227-123009-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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