Hematology and absence of hemoparasites in breeding common terns (Sterna Hi Run Do) from cape cod, Massachusetts

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-413

  Fiorello, Christine V ^a,d   Nisbet, Ian C T ^b   Hatch, Jeremy J ^c,e   Corsiglia, Carolyn ^a   Pokras, Mark A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Lower Dibbe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common terns; Complete blood cell counts; Hematology; Hemoparasites; Packed cell volume; Sterna hirundo; White blood cell counts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 70350176687     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2006-0067.1     Document Type: Article

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