Comparison of blood values and health status of floreana mockingbirds (MIMUS TRIFASCIATUS) on the islands of champion and gardner-by-floreana, galápagos islands

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-106

  Deem, Sharon L ^a,b,c   Parker, Patricia G ^a,b,c   Cruz, Marilyn B ^d   Merkel, Jane ^a   Hoeck, Paquita E A ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d and Pathology Laboratory   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Floreana Mockingbird; Hematology; Mimus trifasciatus; Parasites; Reintroduction plan; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COCCIDIA; MIMUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ECUADOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SONGBIRD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PASSERIFORMES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952254851     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.94     Document Type: Article

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