Pathological and physiological responses of ring-necked pheasant chicks following dietary exposure to the fungus Metarhizium flavoviride, a biocontrol agent for locusts in Africa

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-203

  Smits, Judit E ^a   Johnson, Dan L ^b   Lomer, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Entomopathogen; Grasshopper; Locusts; Metarhizium flavoviride; Mycoinsecticide; Pathology; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAELIFERA; FUNGI; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; ORTHOPTERA; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA FABRICII; DEUTEROMYCETES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGUS SPORE; GRASSHOPPER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPLEEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOSES; ORGAN SIZE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0033109436     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.194     Document Type: Article

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