Microscopic fungi in eggs of ring-necked pheasants kept in aviaries

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2467-2470

  Nowaczewski, S ^a   Stuper, K ^a   Szablewski, T ^a   Kontecka, H ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Egg; Ergosterol; Microscopic fungi; Pheasant

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GALLIFORMES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNGI; GALLIFORMES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVUM; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PHASIANIDAE; RHIZOPUS; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE);

EID: 80054915478     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01563     Document Type: Article

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