Hepatic hemorrhage, hemocoelom, and sudden death due to Haemoproteus infection in passerine birds: Eleven cases

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-313

  Donovan, Taryn A ^a   Schrenzel, Mark ^a   Tucker, Tammy A ^a   Pessier, Allan P ^a   Stalis, Ilse H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Haemoproteus; Hemorrhage; Liver; Multifocal; Passerine; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAESALPINIA GILLIESII; DIPHYLLODES MAGNIFICUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS SP.; LOPHORINA SUPERBA; PAROARIA GULARIS; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOA; PSAROCOLIUS DECUMANUS DECUMANUS; STRELITZIA REGINAE; TANGARA CYANICOLLIS; TANGARA MEXICANA MEXICANA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; SUDDEN DEATH; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; APICOMPLEXA; BIRD DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN; LIVER DISEASES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 54549086677     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000307     Document Type: Article

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