Survey for Haemoproteus spp., Trichomonas gallinae, Chlamydophila psittaci, and Salmonella spp. in Galapagos Islands columbiformes

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Padilla, Luis R ^a,b   Santiago Alarcon, Diego ^c   Merkel, Jane ^a   Miller, R Eric ^a,b   Parker, Patricia G ^a,c  

^a St Louis Zoological Park   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila psittaci; Columba livia; Galapagos Islands; Haemoproteus sp.; Trichomonas gallinae; Zenaida galapagoensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COCCIDIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS SP.; SALMONELLA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA GALAPAGOENSIS;

EID: 2942625794     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/03-029     Document Type: Review

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