Hatching success and embryonic mortality on lesser rhea (Pterocnemia pennata) farms in northern Patagonia, Argentina

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-475

  Chang Reissig, E ^a,e   Terzolo, H ^b   Armando, S ^c   Roge A ^d  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Rodriguez Armando Chem Laboratory   (Argentina)

^d Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

^e NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIRD DISEASE; BREEDING; EGG; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RHEA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; BREEDING; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; RHEIFORMES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA; RHEA;

EID: 4644353899     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071680412331286181     Document Type: Article

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