Conjunctivitis associated with Chlamydia pecorum in three koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in the mount lofty ranges, South Australia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1066-1069

  Funnell, Oliver ^a   Johnson, Lynley ^b   Woolford, Lucy ^c   Boardman, Wayne ^c   Polkinghorne, Adam ^d   McLelland, David ^b,c  

^a Adelaide Hills Animal Hospital   (Australia)

^b Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOALA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84887127873     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-03-066     Document Type: Article

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