Microbial contamination of artificially incubated Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) eggs

British Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-358

  Labaque M C ^a   Navarro, J L ^a   Martella, M B ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHEA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HYGIENE; OVIPOSITION; RHEIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0242490563     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660310005198319     Document Type: Article

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