Survey for coccidia and haemosporidia in the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) from New Mexico with description of a new Eimeria species

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-353

  Smith, B H ^a   Duszynski, D W ^a   Johnson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eimeria tympanuchi; Lesser prairie chicken; New species; Plasmodium (Giovanolaia) pedioecetii; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 2142774013     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.347     Document Type: Article

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