First detection of Chlamydia psittaci from a wild native passerine bird in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 174-176

  Gartrell, B D ^a   French, N P ^a   Howe, L ^a   Nelson, N J ^b   Houston, M ^a   Burrows, E A ^a   Russell, J C ^c   Anderson, S H ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian chlamydiosis; Chlamydia; Chlamydophila; hihi; island ecosystem; psittacosis; wildlife translocation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SONGBIRD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; DNA, BACTERIAL; NEW ZEALAND; PASSERIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHISITTA CHLORIS; ANTHORNIS MELANURA; AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; MOHOUA ALBICILLA; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84876311086     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2012.740656     Document Type: Review

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