Additional observations on blood parasites of birds in Costa Rica

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-561

  Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a   Brooks, Daniel R ^b   Hanelt, Ben ^c,d   Brant, Sara V ^c,d   Sutherlin, Marie E ^c,e   Causey, Douglas ^e  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian hematozoa; Costa Rica; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoan; Microfilariae; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 5144220242     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.555     Document Type: Article

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