First Report of the Genus Retortamonas (Sarcomastigophora: Retortamonadidae) in Birds

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 961-963

  Martínez Díaz, Rafael A ^a   Castro, Ana Teresa ^a   Herrera, Silvia ^a   Ponce, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Retortamonas; Struthio camelus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAMELUS; RETORTAMONADIDAE; RETORTAMONAS; RETORTAMONAS SP.; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OSTRICH; PARASITOLOGY; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SPAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; SPAIN; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0035491474     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000700013     Document Type: Article

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