Parasites of domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-250

  Mushi, E Z ^a   Binta, M G ^b   Chabo, R G ^a   Ndebele, R ^a   Panzirah, R ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Ectoparasites; Endoparasites; Haemoparasites; Pigeons; Toxoplasma gondii; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ASCARIDIA COLUMBAE; CESTODA; COCCIDIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBAE; COLUMBICOLA COLUMBAE; DISPHARYNX; DISPHARYNX SPIRALIS; HAEMOPROTEUS COLUMBAE; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOLYNCHIA CANARIENSIS; RAILLIETINA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOTSWANA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; COLUMBIDAE; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034569554     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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