Prevalence of encysted apicomplexans in muscles of raptors

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Lindsay, David S ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Haemoproteus spp.; Prevalence; Raptor; Sarcocystis spp.; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIGESTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIRD DISEASES; HEART; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PEPSIN A; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RAPTORS; SARCOCYSTIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER COOPERI; ACCIPITER STRIATUS; ACCIPITRINAE; APICOMPLEXA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; ASIO OTUS; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO LINEATUS; BUTEO PLATYPTERUS; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CICONIIFORMES; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; ICTINIA; ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS; OTUS; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; PROTOZOA; RAPTORES; SARCOCYSTIS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX VARIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0032959777     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00228-3     Document Type: Article

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