Concurrent avian malaria and avipox virus infection in translocated south island saddlebacks (philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-223

  Alley, M R ^a   Ha, H J ^a   Howe, L ^a   Hale, K A ^b   Cash, W ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Avipox; Mortality; Plasmodium elongatum; Saddleback

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIPOXVIRUS; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; CULEX PERVIGILANS; FOWLPOX VIRUS; PLASMODIUM ELONGATUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOWLPOX VIRUS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POXVIRUS INFECTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; AVIPOXVIRUS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957332461     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2010.68868     Document Type: Article

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