Garden birds: Trichomonosis in finches in Slovenia

Veterinary Record

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 253-254

  Zadravec, Marko ^a   Marhold, Cvetka ^a   Slavec, Brigita ^a   Rojs, Olga Zorman ^a   Račnik, Jožko ^a   Gruntar, Igor ^b  

^a Institute for Poultry Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; FEMALE; FINCH; LETTER; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SLOVENIA; TRICHOMONIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; SLOVENIA; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84866278950     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.e5973     Document Type: Letter

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