Causes of mortality in captive Attwater's prairie chickens (tympanuchus cupido attwateri) at the San Antonio Zoo, 1997-2000

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-241

  West, Gary D ^a,c   Garner, Michael M ^b   Raymond, James T ^b  

^a San Antonio Zoo   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^c Oklahoma City Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Attwater's prairie chicken; Bacteria; Diseases; Mortality; Pathology; Tympanuchus cupido attwateri

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI;

EID: 0442264234     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0236:COMICA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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