Hematology, serum chemistry, and serology of Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 625-632

  Travis, Erika K ^a,b,f   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)

^f Utah's Hogle Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Filarid; Gal pagos Islands; Hematology; Hemoparasite; Penguin; Serology; Spheniscus mendiculus

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIADENOVIRUS; AVIAN ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; AVULAVIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; HERPES; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 1; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; MARDIVIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REOVIRUS SP.; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33845345580     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.3.625     Document Type: Article

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