Health status of free-living pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in the city of Ljubljana

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-226

  Dovč, Alenka ^a   Zorman Rojs, Olga ^a   Vergles Rataj, Aleksandra ^a   Bole Hribovšek, Vojka ^a   Krapez U ^a   Dobeic, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bird diseases; Epidemiology; Health; Ljubljana; Parasites; Pigeons; Serology; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAPILLARIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; FEATHER; HEALTH STATUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; SALMONELLA; SERUM; SLOVENIA; TRICHOMONAS; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PIGEONS AND DOVES; WILD ANIMAL;

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA COLUMBAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPANULOTES; CAPILLARIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBAE; COLUMBICOLA; COLUMBICOLA COLUMBAE; EIMERIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; SALMONELLA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 2942527617     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.52.2004.2.10     Document Type: Article

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