Exudative cloacitis in the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) potentially linked to Escherichia coli infection

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 167-170

  White, D J ^a   Hall, R J ^b   Jakob Hoff, R ^c   Wang, J ^b   Jackson, B ^c   Tompkins, D M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

E. coli; emerging infectious disease; enterobacteria; metagenomics; pathogen discovery; pathogen pollution; phage; sequencing

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLOACA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARROT; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CLOACA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; PARROTS;

EID: 84928827866     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2014.960905     Document Type: Article

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