Seasonality, distribution and taxonomic status of avian haemosporidian parasites within the Greater Cape Town area, South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-153

  Schultz, Albert ^a,b   Underhill, Les G ^a   Earlé, Roy ^c   Underhill, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Amicus Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLOCEINAE; SYLVIIDAE;

EID: 84857881065     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2011.603478     Document Type: Article

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