A case of conjoined cephalopagus twinning in an ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-265

  Mazzullo, G ^a   Montalbano, G ^a   Augello, A ^b   Germana A ^a   MacRi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b AUSL 3   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; OSTRICH; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; MALE; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TWINS, CONJOINED;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 34547285124     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2006.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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