Epizootic podoknemidokoptiasis in American robins

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Pence, Danny B ^a   Cole, Rebecca A ^b   Brugger, Kristin E ^c   Fischer, John R ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American robin; Epizootic; Knemidokoptes jamaicensis; Knemidokoptic mange; Podoacariasis; Scaly leg; Turdus migratorius

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; KNEMIDOKOPTES JAMAICENSIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDERMIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; INFESTATION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDERMIS; HINDLIMB; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; OKLAHOMA; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0032610798     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.1     Document Type: Article

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