Transportation of ostriches - A review

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 25-26, 1999, Pages 725-731

  Wotton, S B ^a   Hewitt, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTRICH; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MORTALITY; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TRANSPORTATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0033582037     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.25.725     Document Type: Review

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