Leucocytozoonosis in nestling bald eagles in Michigan and Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 608-612

  Stunt, John N ^a   Bowerman, William W ^b   Best, David A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bald eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Leucocytosis; Leucocytozoon toddi; Parasites; Survey; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; LEUCOCYTOZOON TODDI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; EAGLE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; EAGLES; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALE; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033163153     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.608     Document Type: Article

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