An Unusual Coccidian Parasite Causing Pneumonia in a Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-132

  Baker, David G ^a,b   Speer, C A ^c   Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a   Griffey, Stephen M ^a   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoxoplasma; Cardinalis cardinalis; Lankesterella; Northern cardinal; Parasite; Passeriformes; Protozoon; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; COCCIDIA; LANKESTERELLA; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0029684597     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.130     Document Type: Article

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