Leucocytozoon in captive penguins [2]

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 819-820

  Pierce, M A ^a   Greenwood, A G ^b   Stidworthy, M F ^b  

^a MP International Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b C o International Zoo Veterinary Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCOCYTOZOON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RANGE; LETTER; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PENGUIN; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOON; SCHIZONT; SIMULIUM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PROTOZOA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 32444433775     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.25.819-a     Document Type: Letter

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