Atoxoplasma spp. infection in captive canaries (Serinus canaria)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-26

  Sanchez Cordon P J ^a   Gomez Villamandos J C ^a   Gutierrez J ^a   Sierra, M A ^a   Pedrera, M ^a   Bautista, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANARY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIRD DISEASES; CANARIES; FATAL OUTCOME; LIVER; LUNG; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ATOXOPLASMA; PROTOZOA; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 33846466012     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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