Experimental infection of domestic canaries (Serinus canaria domestica) with mycoplasma gallisepticum: A new model system for a wildlife disease

Avian Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Hawley, Dana M ^a   Grodio, Jessica ^b   Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^c   Kirkpatrick, Laila ^a   Ley, David H ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANARY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PATHOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; CANARIES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PASSERI; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 79959506623     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.571660     Document Type: Article

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