Survey of South Polar skuas (Catharacta maccormicki) for blood parasites in the vestfold hills region of Antarctica

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 213-215

  Jones, Hugh I ^a   Gallagher, Joanne M ^a   Miller, Gary D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Catharacta maccormicki; Hematozoa; Skuas; Stercorariidae

Indexed keywords

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; STERCORARIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036368867     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.1.213     Document Type: Article

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