Presence and seasonal prevalence of Plasmodium SPP. In a rare endemic New Zealand passerine (tieke or Saddleback, Philesturnus Carunculatus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 860-867

  Castro, Isabel ^a   Howe, Laryssa ^a   Tompkins, Daniel M ^b   Barraclough, Rosemary K ^c   Slaney, David ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NZCCM   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Conservation management; Emergent disease; Philesturnus carunculatus; Plasmodium; Saddlebacks; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055191570     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.4.860     Document Type: Article

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