Diversity of bird schistosomes in anseriform birds in Iceland based on egg measurements and egg morphology

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Skirnisson K ^a   Kolarova L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOBILHARZIA VISCERALIS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANSER ANSER; ARTICLE; BIRD; CYGNUS CYGNUS; DENDRITOBILHARZIA; EGG LAYING; ICELAND; MERGUS SERRATOR; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; TRICHOBILHARZIA;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD DISEASES; ICELAND; OVUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANSER ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CYGNUS CYGNUS; DENDRITOBILHARZIA; GASTROPODA; GAVIIFORMES; MERGUS SERRATOR; MOLLUSCA; PODICIPEDIFORMES; RADIX BALTHICA; SCHISTOSOMA; TRICHOBILHARZIA; TRICHOBILHARZIA FRANKI;

EID: 43049137976     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0925-4     Document Type: Article

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