Apparent absence of cryptosporidium, giardia and toxoplasma gondii in three species of penguins along the antarctic peninsula

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Palacios, Maria José ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a,b   Pedraza Daz, Susana ^c   Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^c   Valera, Francisco ^a   Cuervo, José Javier ^a   Benzal, Jess ^a   De La Cruz, Carlos ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

diseases; parasites; Protozoa; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; PROTOZOA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77954539142     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000039     Document Type: Article

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