Histomonas meleagridis and capillarid infection in a captive chukar (Alectoris chukar)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 637-639

  Reis Jr , Janildo L ^a   Beckstead, Robert B ^a   Brown, Corrie C ^a   Gerhold, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alectoris chukar; Capillarids; Chukar; Heterakis spp; Histomonas meleagridis; Histomonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAPILLARIA; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CAPILLARIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; LIVER; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR; HETERAKIS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS;

EID: 73449110947     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8678-030409-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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