A prospective study of cellulitis in broiler chickens in southern Ontario

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 677-689

  Elfadil, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; VALGUS;

EID: 0030199259     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592281     Document Type: Article

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