Environmental factors associated with rodent infestations in Argentine poultry farms

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 300-307

  Gomez Villafane I E ^a,b   Bilenca, D N ^a   Cavia, R ^a   Mino, M H ^a   Cittadino, E A ^a   Busch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT CONTROL; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENT; RODENT CONTROL; RODENTIA; RODENTICIDES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035409544     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120055241     Document Type: Article

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