Typhlocolitis associated with spirochaetes in duck flocks

Avian Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Glávits, Róbert ^a   Ivanics, Éva ^a   Thuma, Ákos ^a   Kaszanyitzky, Éva ^a   Samu, Péterné ^a   Ursu, Krisztina ^a   Dencso, László ^a   Dán, Ádám ^a  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; CLASSIFICATION; COLITIS; DUCK; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SPIROCHAETA;

ANIMALS; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; COLITIS; DUCKS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SPIROCHAETA;

ANAS; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 79951708085     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.534128     Document Type: Article

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