Low occurrence of Helicobacter DNA in tropical wild birds, Venezuela

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 991-995

  García Amado, María Alexandra ^a   Sanz, Virginia ^a   Martinez, Leoncia Margarita ^b   Contreras, Monica ^a   Lentino, Miguel ^b   Michelangeli, Fabian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Edificio Gran Sabana   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Feces; Helicobacter; Intestine; PCR; Tropical wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TROPIC CLIMATE; VENEZUELA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84887089632     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-09-222     Document Type: Article

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