Hepatitis and splenitis due to systemic tetratrichomoniasis in an American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 511-514

  Burns, Rachel E ^a   Braun, Josephine ^a   Armién, Aníbal G ^b   Rideout, Bruce A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; hepatitis, pelicans; splenitis; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS, PELICANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENITIS; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOMONADIDA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS, PELICANS; SPLENITIS; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPLENIC DISEASES; TRICHOMONADIDA;

EID: 84880070801     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638713488368     Document Type: Article

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