An Unusual Outbreak of Chlamydiosis in Commercial Turkeys Involving the Nasal Glands

Avian Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 315-322

  Shivaprasad, H L ^a   Carnaccini, S ^a   Bland, M ^b   Aaziz, R ^c   Moeller, R ^a   Laroucau, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cutler Associates International   (United States)

^c ANSES   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; immunofluorescence; immunohistochemistry; nasal glands; pathology; PCR; sequence

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; ORNITHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; NOSE; POULTRY DISEASES; PSITTACOSIS; TURKEYS;

EID: 84931828804     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/11006-123014-Reg     Document Type: Article

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