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Molecular Epidemiologic Investigations of <i>Mycoplasma</i><i>gallisepticum</i> Conjunctivitis in Songbirds by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analyses
1 Sept 1997
Abstract excerpt
An ongoing outbreak of conjunctivitis in free-ranging house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) began in 1994 in the eastern United States. Bacterial organisms identified as Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) were isolated from lesions of infected birds. MG was also isolated from a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) that contracted conjunctivitis after being housed in a cage previously occupied by house finches with...
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