The feather holes on the barn swallow Hirundo rustica and other small passerines are probably caused by Brueelia spp. lice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1438-1440

  Vas, Zoltán ^a   Csörgo, Tibor ^a   Møller, Anders P ^b   Rózsa, Lajos ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEATHER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PASSERINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEATHERS; HUNGARY; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALLOPHAGA; PASSERIFORMES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

AVES; BRUEELIA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; MACHAERILAEMUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 58549087755     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1542.1     Document Type: Article

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