Influence of Hand Rearing and Bird Age on the Fecal Microbiota of the Critically Endangered Kakapo - Waite, David W.; Eason, Daryl K.; Taylor, Michael W. (Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014)
Keywords: Age Factors; Animal care; Animals; Aves; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Biodiversity; Birds; Community structure; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered Species; Feces - microbiology; Female; Humans; Male; Microbial Ecology; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Molecular Sequence Data; Parrots - growth & development; Parrots - microbiology; Phylogeny; Population number; Specimen Handling - instrumentation; Specimen Handling - methods; Wildlife management; New Zealand