THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF THE WHITEBACK GRIFFON VULTURE AND ITS ROLE IN DISEASE TRANSMISSION AMONG WILD UNGULATES

D. C. HOUSTON

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-11.3.306

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1 July 1975 THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF THE WHITEBACK GRIFFON VULTURE AND ITS ROLE IN DISEASE TRANSMISSION AMONG WILD UNGULATES

D. C. HOUSTON

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 11(3):306-313 (1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.3.306

Abstract

The digestive tract of the whiteback vulture (Gyps africanus) is described. Some disease organisms were fed to a captive bird to discover if they could survive passage through the tract, and the role of these scavenging birds in the spread of diseases among wild ungulates is discussed.

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D. C. HOUSTON "THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF THE WHITEBACK GRIFFON VULTURE AND ITS ROLE IN DISEASE TRANSMISSION AMONG WILD UNGULATES," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 11(3), 306-313, (1 July 1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.3.306

Received: 16 April 1974; Published: 1 July 1975

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