Hematology, plasma chemistry, and serology of the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-141

  Travis, Erika K ^a,b   Vargas, F Hernan ^c   Merkel, Jane ^a,d   Gottdenker, Nicole ^e   Miller, R Eric ^a   Parker, Patricia G ^a,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Flightless cormorant; Gal pagos Islands; Health survey; Hematology; Microfilariae; Phalacrocorax harrisi; Serology

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIADENOVIRUS; AVULAVIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; HERPES; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 1; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 2; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX HARRISI; REOVIRUS SP.; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33744825697     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.1.133     Document Type: Article

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