Prevalence of IgY antibodies against Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a critically endangered parrot (kakapo, Strigops habroptilus) and associated responses to vaccination

Avian Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 502-507

  Livingston, Megan ^a   Fidler, Andrew ^b,c   Mellor, Diana ^d   de Kloet, Siwo ^e   Eason, Daryl ^f   Elliott, Graeme ^f   Moorhouse, Ron ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NELSON MARLBOROUGH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e Avian Biotech Int   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y;

AGE; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARROT; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIRD DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; PARROTS; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84890112139     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2013.832146     Document Type: Article

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