Avian pox in psittacine birds from Saudi Arabia
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It is known that geographical and climatic conditions influence the presence and prevalence of animal’s diseases worldwide. During a period of veterinary practice in Saudi Arabia, an intensive bibliographic search for local parrot’s diseases was performed, but no mention whatever was found. In an attempt to fill this lack, a retrospective analysis of 100 consecutive clinic cases examined in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) during 2002 was carried out. In this author’s knowledge, this is apparently the first study aimed at describing the epidemiology of pathological conditions affecting parrots in this area of the Middle East. Material and methods
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تاریخ انتشار 2004