Mycoplasma gallisepticum experimental infection and tissue distribution in chickens, sparrows and pigeons

Avian Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-354

  Gharaibeh, Saad ^a   Hailat, Alaa ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RABBIT; SPARROW; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; RABBITS; SPARROWS; TRACHEA;

AVES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 79961163057     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.582480     Document Type: Article

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