The first record of Dirofilaria immitis infection in a Humboldt penguin, Spheniscus humboldti

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1235-1237

  Sano, Y ^a   Aoki, M ^a   Takahashi, H ^b   Miura, M ^b   Komatsu, M ^b   Abe, Y ^c   Kakino, J ^c   Itagaki, T ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akita Omoriyama Zoo   (Japan)

^c Akita Chuo Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; PARASITIC DISEASE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANIDAE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESOPHAGUS; FILARIA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENGUIN; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; JAPAN; LUNG; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA; MAMMALIA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

EID: 28444454011     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3492-RN.1     Document Type: Article

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