Infectious and Zoonotic Disease Testing in Pet Birds

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-85

  Cray, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Avian; Bird; Bornavirus; Chlamydophilosis; Mycobacteriosis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD; BORNA DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MONONEGAVIRALES INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PETS; PSITTACOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79551497301     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.008     Document Type: Review

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