Diphtheritic stomatitis in yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) in New Zealand

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 102-110

  Alley, Maurice R ^a   Suepaul, Rod B ^b   McKinlay, Bruce ^c   Young, Melanie J ^c   Wang, Jianning ^d   Morgan, Kerri J ^a   Hunter, Stuart A ^a   Gartrell, Brett D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium; Oral cavity; Poxvirus; Ulceration; Yellow eyed Penguin chicks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PENGUIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMATITIS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHENISCIDAE; STOMATITIS;

EID: 85009216391     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2015-07-195     Document Type: Article

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