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. 2025 Oct 4;197(7):282-284.
doi: 10.1002/vetr.6053.

Trichomonosis in wild birds

Jenny Cantlay, Sam Holland, Christopher Poulos, Alex Schock, Rebecca Mearns, Liz Nabb, Becki Lawson, Katharina Seilern-Macpherson

Trichomonosis in wild birds

Jenny Cantlay et al. Vet Rec. .

Abstract

This article was prepared by Jenny Cantlay and Sam Holland of the APHA Wildlife Expert Group, with Christopher Poulos and Alex Schock of APHA Lasswade, Rebecca Mearns of the APHA Surveillance Intelligence Unit, Liz Nabb of the APHA Starcross Veterinary Investigation Centre and Becki Lawson and Katharina Seilern-Macpherson of the Garden Wildlife Health Project, Institute of Zoology.

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