Dispharynxiasis in a captive princess parrot

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 390-391

  Bolette, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Dispharynx nasuta; New host; Polytelis alexandrae; Princess parrot; Record

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PARROT;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARROTS; PROVENTRICULUS;

EID: 0032041914     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.390     Document Type: Article

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