Diurnal cycle of Isospora spp. oocyst shedding in Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 764-768

  Misof, Katharina ^a  

^a Institute for Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; EURASIAN BLACKBIRDS; OOCYSTS; PARASITES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FECES; PARASITE; PASSERINE;

AVES; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 4544317404     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-054     Document Type: Article

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