Mortality in fledgling great horned owls from black fly hematophaga and leucocytozoonosis

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 486-491

  Hunter, D Bruce ^a   Rohner, C ^b   Currie, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bubo virginianus; Host parasite interactions; Tethering platforms

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FLY; INFESTATION; MORTALITY; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COCCIDIOSIS; DEHYDRATION; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; SIMULIIDAE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 0031174310     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.486     Document Type: Article

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