The Effect of Egg Yolk Sampling on Performance Parameters and Reproductive Indices of Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) Eggs

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 517-520

  Smith, Julia L ^a   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^b,c   Cranfield, Michael R ^c,d  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Baltimore Zoo   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virgnianus; Egg yolk sampling; Maternal antibodies; Northern bobwhite quail

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; COLINUS VIRGNIANUS; GALLIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLINUS; EGG YOLK; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; COLINUS; EGG YOLK; FERTILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0030180691     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.517     Document Type: Article

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