Aspergillosis

Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 360-374

  Converse, Kathryn A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute epizootic; Aspergillosis; Genus; Humans; Poultry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649997442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344668.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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