Persistence of two trichomonas gallinae isolates in chlorinated and distilled water with or without organic material

Avian Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 681-683

  Gerhold, Richard W ^a,b   Maestas, Lauren P ^a   Harnage, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

persistence; Trichomonas gallinae; trichomonosis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DISTILLATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOGENATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISTILLATION; DRINKING WATER; HALOGENATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TENNESSEE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884657879     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10518-022213-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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