Renal coccidiosis and other parasitologic conditions in lesser snow goose goslings at Tha-anne River, west coast Hudson Bay

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 498-504

  Gomis, S ^a   Didiuk, A B ^b   Neufeld, J ^c   Wobeser, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chen caerulescens; Condition; Goslings; Habitat degradation; Lesser snow goose; Parasites; Renal coccidiosis

Indexed keywords

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CESTODA; CHEN CAERULESCENS; CHEN CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS; EIMERIA; EPOMIDIOSTOMUM; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NEMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CECUM; CESTODIASIS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GOOSE; HELMINTHIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; CECUM; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GEESE; GIZZARD; HAEMOSPORIDA; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030180651     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.498     Document Type: Article

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