The Diversity of Arthropod Fauna in Poultry Houses in Southwestern Nigeria

Discovery and Innovation

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 181-184

  Banjo, A D ^a   Soyoye, O Y ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HERMETIA ILLUCENS;

EID: 0346491871     PISSN: 1015079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/dai.v11i3.15551     Document Type: Article

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