Avian pox in white-tailed laurel-pigeons from the Canary Islands

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 351-355

  Medina, Félix Manuel ^a   Ramírez, Gustavo Adolfo ^b   Hernández, Antonio ^c  

^a Unidad de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian pox; Canary Islands; Columba junoniae; Endemic bird; La Palma; Poxvirus; White tailed laurel pigeon

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA JUNONIAE; GALLIFORMES; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 4043053891     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.351     Document Type: Article

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