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Observations on the Morphology of Syngamus of some Wild and Domestic Birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2009

E. Aneurin Lewis
Affiliation:
Demonstrator in Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Field Officer to the Institute of Agricultural Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

It has been shown that turkeys (Ransom, 1921, and Ortlepp, 1923) and starlings (Lewis, 1925 and 1926) play an important rôle in the distribution of gapes disease.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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