Health evaluation of free-ranging and captive blue-fronted Amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva) in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 598-605

  Deem, Sharon L ^a,c   Noss, Andrew J ^b   Cuéllar, Rosa Leny ^b   Karesh, William B ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazona aestiva; Bolivia; Hematology; Plasma chemistry; Psittacine; Serology

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AESTIVA; ASPERGILLUS; AVES; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 1; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; HERPESVIRIDAE; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; MARDIVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; POLYOMAVIRUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR GALLINARUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PULLORUM; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 33645665452     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/04094.1     Document Type: Article

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