Cestode and acanthocephalan infections in captive bustards: New host and location records, with data on pathology, control, and preventive medicine

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-208

  Jones, Arlene ^a   Bailey, Tom A ^b   Nicholls, Philip K ^c   Samour, Jaime H ^b   Naldo, Jesus ^b  

^a CAB International Institute of Parasitology   (United Kingdom)

^b National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Anthelmintics; Birds; Bustards; Cestodes; Pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007464292     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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