Avian Botulism

Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 377-416

  Rocke, Tonie E ^a   Bollinger, Trent K ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botulism; Epizootiology; Location; Outbreaks; Toxico infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889312140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344668.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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