Haemoproteus columbae infection of feral pigeons in Singapore and Israel

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 281-286

  Paperna, Ilan ^a,b   Smallridge, Catherine ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Columbia livia; Haemoproteus columbae; Israel; Parasitaemia; Prevalence; Recruitment; Seasonality; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBAE; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS COLUMBAE; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PSEUDOLYNCHIA CANARIENSIS;

EID: 0042665828     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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