Assessment of health and growth of ring-necked pheasants following consumption of infected insects or conidia of entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum and Beauveria bassiana, from Madagascar and North America

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 65, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2145-2162

  Johnson, Dan L ^a,f   Smits, Judit E ^b   Jaronski, Stefan T ^c,e   Weaver, David K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Mycotech Corporation   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

^f LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIRD; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; EUTHANASIA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS; GENDER; GRASSHOPPER; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; MADAGASCAR; MALE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; TARSAL BONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; APPETITE; ASCOMYCOTA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; GROWTH; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BEAUVERIA; CAELIFERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; ORTHOPTERA; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0037184668     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100290071847     Document Type: Article

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