Hematozoa of the avian family vangidae (the vangas)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1475-1479

  Savage, Amy F ^a   Ariey, Frederic ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^a,b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMOROS; CYANOLANIUS MADAGASCARINUS; FOWL; HAEMOPROTEUS MADAGASCARIENSIS; HAEMOPROTEUS VANGII; LEUCOCYTOZOON BENNETTI; LEUCOCYTOZOON LAIRDI; MADAGASCAR; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PROTOZOON; TAXONOMY; VANGA CURVIROSTRIS; VANGIDAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; ERYTHROCYTE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; SONGBIRD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMOROS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; HAEMOSPORIDA; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 14244261983     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-229R     Document Type: Article

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