Prevalence and pathology of the nematode Heterakis gallinarum, the trematode Paratanaisia bragai, and the protozoan Histomonas meleagridis in the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 677-681

  Brener, Beatriz ^a   Tortelly, Rogério ^b   Menezes, Rodrigo Caldas ^a   Muniz Pereira, Luís C ^a   Pinto, Roberto Magalhães ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Helminths; Meleagris gallopavo; Pathology; Protozoan; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

AVES; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PROTOZOA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 33749655772     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000600017     Document Type: Article

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