Naturally occurring hepatozoonosis in coyotes from Oklahoma

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-89

  Kocan, A Alan ^a   Breshears, Melanie ^a   Cummings, Connie ^a   Panciera, Roger J ^a   Ewing, S A ^a   Barker, Robert W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Canis latrans; Coyotes; Gulf coast tick; Hepatozoon americanum; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIOSIS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 0032602803     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.86     Document Type: Article

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