Essential veterinary education in conservation medicine and ecosystem health: A global perspective

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 597-603

  Aguirre, A A ^a   Gomez A ^b  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation medicine; Ecosystem health; Sentinel species

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75449090252     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.28.2.1902     Document Type: Article

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