Hematozoa of Waterfowl from Michigan

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 767-773

  DeJong, Randall J ^a,b   Muzzall, Patrick M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Haemoproteus greineri; Haemoproteus nettionis; Hematozoa; Leucocytozoon simondi; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COCCIDIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALE; MICHIGAN; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034303291     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.767     Document Type: Article

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