Malaria in a captive emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) from Florida

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 477-479

  Fox, Jonathan H ^a,b   Greiner, Ellis C ^a   Bain, Perry ^a   Jones, Robert ^a  

^a Scott)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

captive emu; Florida; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; PLASMODIUM SP.;

EID: 0030127232     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592249     Document Type: Article

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