Haemosporidian infection in captive masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi), an endangered subspecies of the northern bobwhite quail

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Pacheco, M Andreína ^a   Escalante, Ananias A ^a,b   Garner, Michael M ^c   Bradley, Gregory A ^d   Aguilar, Roberto F ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^d Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b gene; Haemoproteus; Haemosporidia; Masked bobwhite quail; Plasmodium; Ulcerative pododermatitis; Vasculitis; Ventricular leiomyositis

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD PARASITE; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS RIDGWAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORVUS CORAX; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDIAN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM JUXTANUCLEARE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUAIL; ULCERATIVE PODODERMATITIS; UNITED STATES; VASCULITIS; VENTRICULAR LEIOMYOSITIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; COLINUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAEMOSPORIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS RIDGWAYI; CORVUS CORAX; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS SP.; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM JUXTANUCLEARE;

EID: 80755133676     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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