Health evaluation of free-ranging rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocomes) in Argentina

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Karesh, William B ^a   Uhart, Marcela M ^a,b   Frere, Esteban ^a,c   Gandini, Patricia ^a,c   Braselton, W Emmett ^d   Puche, Helena ^a   Cook, Robert A ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Eudyptes chrysocomes; Hematology; Penguin; Rockhopper; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0033088195     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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