Fatal hemoprotozoal infections in multiple avian species in a zoological park

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-316

  Ferrell, Shannon T ^a   Snowden, Karen ^b   Marlar, Annajane B ^a   Garner, Michael ^c   Lung, Nancy P ^a  

^a Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flamingos; Green jay; Haemoproteus; Hemoprotozoa; Montezuma oropendola; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; LIVER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CYANOCORAX YNCAS; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MONTEZUMA; MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLAS; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS MINOR; PROTOZOA; PSAROCOLIUS MONTEZUMA;

EID: 34250712910     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2007)038[0309:FHIIMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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