Diseases of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa l.): A review

Wildlife Biology in Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-88

  Millan J ^a  

^a Sanitat i Control de Fauna Wildlife Health and Control   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Farm rearing; Galliformes; Management; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS RUFA; ASCARIDIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; POXVIRIDAE; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 68049120323     PISSN: 16462742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2461/wbp.2009.5.2     Document Type: Review

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