Proliferative visceral Isospora (atoxoplasmosis) with morbid impact on the Israeli sparrow Passer domesticus biblicus Hartert, 1904

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-499

  Gill, Hagit ^a   Paperna, Ilan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOSOPLASMOSIS; BLOOD; DEATH; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; ISOSPORA; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE; MEROZOITE; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PASSER DOMESTICUS BIBLICUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SPARROW; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; DIARRHEA; EMACIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTES; PREVALENCE; SPARROWS; SPLEEN;

ATOXOPLASMA; AVES; ISOSPORA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 46749130060     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0986-4     Document Type: Article

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