Endoparasite Isospora sp. (Coccidia, Eimeriidae) affects the growth of starling Sturnus vulgaris nestling

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 214-216

  Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^a   Kȩdra, Aleksander H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Isospora sp.; Nestling growth; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ISOSPORA; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 2442728243     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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