A comparison of the helminth faunas of wild and farm-reared red-legged partridge

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 701-707

  Millán, Javier ^a   Gortazar, Christian ^a   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alectoris rufa; Farm rearing; Gamebird; Helminth; Iberian Peninsula; Parasite introduction; Red legged partridge; Releases; Spain

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS GRAECA; ALECTORIS RUFA; ASCARIDIA; AVES; CESTODA; DICROCOELIUM; NEMATODA; RAILLIETINA; TETRAGONA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 2942757458     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0701:ACOTHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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