Toxoplasmosis in a red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 992-994

  Gerhold, Richard W ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Georgia; Melanerpes carolinus; Piciformes; Red bellied woodpecker; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; MALE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MELANERPES CAROLINUS; PICIFORMES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 37349025772     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7978-040407-CASER.1     Document Type: Article

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