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Tuberculosis in a kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)

Authors: Davis GB, Billing AE, Watson PR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 32, Issue 3, pp 30, Mar 1984
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Wildlife
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Epidemiology, Mycobacterial, Disease/defect, Zoonosis, Infectious disease, Public health
Article class: Clinical Communication

Abstract: Generalised tuberculosis was found in a captive kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) at autopsy. Sequential faecal sampling of the other kiwis and falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae) held in the aviary revealed an excretor of Mycobacterium avium.

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