Chlamydiosis in british songbirds

Veterinary Record

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 177-

  Colvile, K M ^a   Lawson, B ^a   Pocknell, A M ^d   Dagleish, M P ^c   John, S K ^a,b   Cunningham, A A ^a,b  

^a MRCVS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Finn Pathologists   (United Kingdom)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SONGBIRD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSITTACOSIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84865392246     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100506     Document Type: Article

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