Avian haematozoa: Mortality and pathogenicity

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 993-1001

  Bennett, G F ^a   Peirce, M A ^b   Ashford, R W ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic birds; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Mortality; Pathogenicity; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649192697     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939300770621     Document Type: Article

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