Prevalence of salmonella spp. Antibodies to toxoplasma gondii, and Newcastle disease virus in feral pigeons (Columba livia) in the city of Jaboticabal, Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-607

  De Sousa, Eliane ^a   Jnior, Angelo Berchieri ^a   Pinto, Aramis Augusto ^a   MacHado, Rosangela Zacarias ^a   Carrasco, Adriano De Oliveira Torres ^b   Marciano, Jos Antonio ^a   Werther, Karin ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Columba livia; feral rock pigeon; Newcastle disease; Salmonella; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SALMONELLA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; COLUMBIDAE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78650134694     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0166.1     Document Type: Article

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