Paucity of hematozoa in Colombian birds

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 445-448

  Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a   Salaman, Paul ^b   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian hematozoa; Colombia; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Microfilariae; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; COLOMBIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLOMBIA; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 1542646454     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.445     Document Type: Article

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