Necrotizing enteritis as a cause of mortality in Laysan albatross, Diomedea immutabilis, chicks on Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Avian Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Work, T M ^a   Smith, M R ^b   Duncan, R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epizootiology; Laysan albatross; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031894087     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592569     Document Type: Article

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