Prevalence of blood parasites in Japanese wild birds

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 785-790

  Murata, Koichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Japanese wild bird; Leucocytozoon; Microfilaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCOTHRAUSTES; CORVUS CORONE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS SP.; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NINOX SCUTULATA; NYCTICORAX; OTUS; OTUS SCOPS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX URALENSIS; TURDUS NAUMANNI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COCCIDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; HAEMOSPORIDA; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036715954     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.785     Document Type: Article

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