Blood parasites in birds from madagascar

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 907-920

  Savage, Amy F ^a,i   Robert, Vincent ^b,c   Goodman, Steven M ^d,e   Raharimanga, Vahomalala ^b   Raherilalao, Marie Jeanne ^e,f   Andrianarimisa, Aristide ^g   Ariey, Frédéric ^c,h   Grelner, Ellis C ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Madagascar)

^h INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Conservation; Haemoproteus; Hematozoa; Leucocytozoon; Madagascar; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

AVES; BABESIA; BRACHYPTERACIIDAE; EURYLAIMIDAE; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MALACONOTINAE; PLOCEINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75349107261     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.907     Document Type: Article

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