Hematozoa of hatch-year common mergansers from Michigan

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 403-407

  DeJong, Randall J ^a,d   Reimink, Ronald L ^b   Blankespoor, Harvey D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hudsonville High School   (United States)

^c HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Haemoproteus greineri; interspecific interaction; Leucocytozoon simondi; Plasmodium circumflexum; Survey; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON SIMONDI; MERGUS MERGANSER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; COCCIDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HAEMOSPORIDA; MICHIGAN; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035320694     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.403     Document Type: Article

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