Physiological and haematological consequences of a novel parasite on the red-rumped swallow Hirundo daurica

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1187-1193

  Merino, Santiago ^a   Martínez, Javier ^b   Moller, Anders Pape ^c   Barbosa, Andres ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^d   Rodríguez Caabeiro, Filomena ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coloniality; HSP60; Oeciacus hirundinis; Packed cell volume; T cell response

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PASSERINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; HEEL; HEMATOCRIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CHAPERONIN 60; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FUMIGATION; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0034887512     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00243-0     Document Type: Article

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