Detection of protozoan and bacterial pathogens of public health importance in faeces of corvus spp. (large-billed crow)

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-139

  Yong, Lee Hwee ^a   Ambu, Stephen ^a   Devi, Sushela ^a   Maung, Mala ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CROW; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CROWS; FECES; MALAYSIA; PROTOZOA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 69449085876     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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