Risk factors for development of foot lesions in captive flamingos (phoenicopteridae)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 744-749

  Nielsen, Adriana M W ^a,b,d   Nielsen, Soren S ^b   King, Catherine E ^c   Bertelsen, Mads F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Am Rieselbach   (Germany)

^d TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumblefoot; flamingos; Phoenicopterus; pododermatitis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; FOOT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FOOT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 84871490532     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2011-0059R2.1     Document Type: Article

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