Host records for Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) from birds of North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-713

  Knee, Wayne ^a   Proctor, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Macronyssidae; Northern fowl mite; Ornithonyssus sylviarum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MITES; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AVES; MACRONYSSIDAE; MESOSTIGMATA; ORNITHONYSSUS SYLVARUM; ORNITHONYSSUS SYLVIARUM;

EID: 34447551734     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[709:HRFOSM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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