| chlamydiosis in birds in great britain. 2. isolations of chlamydia psittaci from birds sampled between 1976 and 1984. | a total of 1531 diagnostic submissions from birds were examined by culture for the presence of chlamydia psittaci between june 1976 and december 1984 by growth in nctc 929 clone l mouse fibroblast cells, pretreated with an inhibitor of cell division, followed by direct immunofluorescence microscopy. of these, 196 were found positive. the continued importance of psittacine birds as potential sources of infection was shown by the high number of positives (139) obtained from birds of that order. th ... | 1986 | 3734431 |