Gastrointestinal parasites in ostriches (Struthio camelus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 84-86

  Sotiraki, S T ^a   Georgiades, G ^a   Antoniadou Sotiriadou, K ^a   Himonas, C A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; OSTRICH; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0035916053     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.3.84     Document Type: Article

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