Haematology and Leucocytozoonosis of Great Tits (Parus major L.) During Winter

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-204

  Hauptmanova K ^a   Literak I ^a   Bartova E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body weight; Leucocytozoon dubreuili; Parus major; RBC; Total red blood cells; Total while blood cells; WBC

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITOLOGY; WINTER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0344196691     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271020199     Document Type: Article

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