Description of a new Eimeria sp. and associated lesions in the kidneys of double-crested cormorants (Phalocrocorax auritus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1230-1233

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Gottdenker, Nicole L ^a   Fischer, John R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EIMERIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITOSIS; SPOROGENESIS; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALIA; EIMERIA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PHALOCROCORAX; PHALOCROCORAX AURITUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036944413     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1230:doanes]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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