Avian blood parasites in an endangered columbid: Leucocytozoon marchouxi in the Mauritian Pink Pigeon Columba mayeri

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-804

  Bunbury, N ^a,c,f   Barton, E ^b   Jones, C G ^c,e   Greenwood, A G ^d   Tyler, K M ^b   Bell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^d C o International Zoo Veterinary Group   (United Kingdom)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age structure; Avian endemic; Avian haematozoa; Conservation; Infection prevalence; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEUCOCYTOZOON MARCHOUXI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PIGEON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALE; MAURITIUS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; COLUMBA MAYERI; COLUMBIDAE; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

EID: 34248335347     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006002149     Document Type: Article

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