No evidence of blood parasites in little auks (Alle alle) breeding on svalbard

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 574-578

  Wojczulanis Jakubas, Katarzyna ^a   Svoboda, Aleš ^b   Kruszewlcz, Andrzej ^c   Johnsen, Arild ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Warszaw Zoological Garden   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alle alle; Arctic; Blood parasites; Blood smears; Little auk; PCR; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ALLE ALLE; AVES; HAEMOSPORIDA; PINGUINUS;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77952386792     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.574     Document Type: Article

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