A study on the presence of leucocytozoonosis in wild birds of burdur district

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1273-1278

  Özmen, Özlem ^a   Haligür, Mehmet ^a   Yukari, Bayram Ali ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood parasite; Leucocytozoon; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; IBIS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PHASIANIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 32644442178     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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