Postmortem findings in bustards in the United Arab Emirates

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 296-305

  Bailey, T A ^a   Nicholls, P K ^a   Samour, B J H ^b   Naldo, J ^a,b   Wernery, U ^c   Howlett, J C ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

bustards; captive breeding; historical survey; mortality; postmortem

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARDEOTIS KORI; AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII; EUPODOTIS RUFICRISTA; OTIDIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 0030127231     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592224     Document Type: Article

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