Description and phylogeny of a new species of Eimeria from double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) near Fort Gaines, Georgia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 385-388

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Gibbs, Samantha E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIRD; GENE; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CROWDING; EIMERIA; EIMERIA AURITUSI; EIMERIA PHALACROCORAXAE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; RIVER; RNA SEQUENCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EIMERIA; FEMALE; GEORGIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDAE; GRUIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 33646472806     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-592R.1     Document Type: Article

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