Basal cell carcinoma in a blue-fronted Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 755-759

  Tell, Lisa A ^a   Woods, Leslie ^b   Mathews, Kyle G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Blue fronted Amazon parrot; Neoplasia

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA AESTIVA; ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0031194950     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592173     Document Type: Article

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