Leucocytozoonosis

Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 54-107

  Forrester, Donald J ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Leucocytozoids indirect life cycle involving biting flies of the order Diptera; Leucocytozoonosis occurring in members of Anatidae and Columbidae; Leucocytozoonosis, vector borne protozoan disease of birds; National Wildlife Refuge (NWR); Polymerase chain reaction based and restriction enzyme based assays diagnosing leucocytozoid infections; Species of Leucocytozoon parasitic protozoans

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349317530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813804620.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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