First report of an intraerythrocytic small piroplasm in wild Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 810-815

  Luaces, Inés ^a   Aguirre, Enara ^b   García Montijano, Marino ^a   Velarde, Jorge ^c   Tesouro, Miguel A ^d   Sánchez, Celia ^e   Galka, Margarita ^e   Fernández, Pilar ^e   Sainz, Ángel ^b  

^a Gir Diagnostics SL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Clínica Veterinaria Fauna   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^e Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytauxzoon felis; Hemoparasite; Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus; Piroplasm

Indexed keywords

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; OTOCOLOBUS MANUL;

EID: 33144455741     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.810     Document Type: Article

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