Veterinary considerations of captive breeding and restoration programs for houbara bustards in the Middle East

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 268-277

  Bailey, Tom A ^a   Samour, Jaime H ^a   Cooper, John E ^a   Cromie, Ruth L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; Biomedical research; Captive breeding; Houbara bustard; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010592323     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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