Prevalence of haematozoa in birds of prey in Catalonia, north-east Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 632-636

  Munoz E ^a   Ferrer, D ^a   Molina, R ^b   Adlard, R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Zoologic Badalona Veterinary Clinics   (Spain)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALE; OWL; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RAPTOR; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RAPTORS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRIGIFORMES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0033526473     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.23.632     Document Type: Article

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