Instar susceptibility of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to the neogregarine parasite, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-83

  Leong, K L H ^a   Yoshimura, M A ^a   Kaya, H K ^a,b   Williams, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Monarch butterfly; Neogregarine; Ophryocystis elektroscirrha; Protozoan parasite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; OPHRYOCYSTIS; OPHRYOCYSTIS ELEKTROSCIRRHA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BUTTERFLY; COCCIDIOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPORES;

EID: 0030638693     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4634     Document Type: Article

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