Internal hirudiniasis in a hen (Gallus gallusdomesticus)-The first report in literature

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-234

  Bahmani, Mahmoud ^a   Golshahi, Hannaneh ^b   Ghotbian, Fereidon ^c   Bahmani, Farzaneh ^d  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Private Clinician of Dehloran City   (Iran)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hen; Iran; Limnatis nilotica; Respiratiry distress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GALLUS GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUSDOMESTICUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEN; INTERNAL HIRUDINIASIS; LEECH; LIMNATIS NILOTICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESTLESSNESS;

EID: 84875616314     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(13)60046-8     Document Type: Article

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