The role of mycoplasmas in a conservation project of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-645

  Lierz, M ^a   Obon, E ^b   Schink, B ^a   Carbonell, F ^b   Hafez, H M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Finca de Torreferrusa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Falconidae; Falcons; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma buteonis; Mycoplasma falconis; Mycoplasma verecundum; Raptors; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALCONIFORMES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; OOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FALCONIFORMES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OVUM;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; FALCONIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BUTEONIS; MYCOPLASMA FALCONIS; MYCOPLASMA VERECUNDUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; RAPTORES;

EID: 58149091390     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8378-061608-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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