Pathogenicity of low and highly virulent Chlamydia psittaci isolates for specific-pathogen-free chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-247

  Yin, Lizi ^a   Lagae, Stefanie ^a   Kalmar, Isabelle ^a   Borel, Nicole ^b   Pospischil, Andreas ^b   Vanrompay, Daisy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broilers; Chickens; Chlamydia psittaci; Pathology; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84879290986     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10439-102612-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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