Louse flies on birds of Baja California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 154-156

  Tella, José L ^a,b   Rodríguez Estrella, Ricardo ^c   Blanco, Guillermo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hippoboscidae; Louse flies on birds; Microlynchia pusilla; New host record survey

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; COLUMBINA PASSERINA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; MICROLYNCHIA PUSILLA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; FLY; INFESTATION; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLUMBIDAE; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; MALE; MEXICO;

EID: 0033631626     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.154     Document Type: Article

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