Time of day, age and feeding habits influence coccidian oocyst shedding in wild passerines

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-564

  López, Guillermo ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^a   Soriguer, Ramón ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird; Circadian rhythm; Coccidiosis; Isospora; Parasite; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOPARASITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PASSERINE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCCIDIA; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; OOCYSTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA; PROTOZOA; SERINUS SERINUS;

EID: 33947158622     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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