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Virulence and molecular aspects of Bordetella avium isolated from cockatiel chicks (Nymphicus hollandicus) in Brazil.
Veterinary microbiology - 7 Dec 2012
Grespan A, Camera O, Knöbl T, Gomes C R, Felizardo M R, Ferreira T S P, Gobbi D D S, Moreno M, Sanches A A, Ferreira C S A, Ferreira A J P, Moreno A M
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella avium is an opportunistic pathogen that presents tropism for ciliated epithelia, leading to upper respiratory tract disease in turkeys. This agent has also been associated with Lockjaw Syndrome in psittacine birds, but literatures describing the importance of this agent in such species are rare. The purpose of the present study was to report the first outbreak of B. avium infection in juvenile...
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