Causes of mortality in backyard chickens in Northern California: 2007-2011

Avian Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-315

  Mete, Asli ^a   Giannitti, Federico ^a   Barr, Bradd ^a   Woods, Leslie ^a   Anderson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backyard poultry; Chickens; Diseases; Pathology; Public health; Surveillance; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHICKEN; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BAYLISASCARIS; CANDIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; LISTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 84879322496     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10382-092312-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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