Houston D C, Cooper J E
J Wildl Dis. 1975 Jul;11(3):306-13. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-11.3.306.
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.
对白背兀鹫(非洲兀鹫)的消化道进行了描述。将一些致病生物投喂给一只圈养的鸟,以探究它们能否在通过消化道后存活下来,并讨论了这些食腐鸟类在野生有蹄类动物疾病传播中的作用。