Isosporoid coccidiosis in translocated cirl buntings (Emberiza cirlus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 656-660

  McGill, I ^a,g   Feltrer, Y ^a   Jeffs, C ^b   Sayers, G ^c   Marshall, R N ^d   Peirce, M A ^e   Stidworthy, M F ^f   Pocknell, A ^a,h   Sainsbury, A W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Paignton Zoo Environmental Park ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e MP International Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^f C o International Zoo Veterinary Group   (United Kingdom)

^g Brighton Veterinary Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^h Veterinary Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCIDIA; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CIRLUS; ISOSPORA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FECES; FEMALE; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PASSERIFORMES; QUARANTINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 79952273326     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c5179     Document Type: Article

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