Hygiene at winter bird feeders in a southwestern Ontario city

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 695-698

  Prescott, John F ^a   Hunter, D Bruce ^a   Campbell, G Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; ONTARIO; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034265219     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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