Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in wild birds-potential risk for domestic poultry, pet birds, and public health?

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-581

  Zweifel, Daniela ^a   Hoop, Richard ^a   Sachse, Konrad ^b   Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Borel, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arraytube microarray; Genotyping; Real time PCR; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860534584     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0275-2     Document Type: Article

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