Parasites and pathogens of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis): A field survey of a population nesting within a grass-dominated agricultural habitat in Georgia, U.S.A., with a review of previous records

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-43

  Carleton, Reneé E ^a   Mertins, James W ^b   Yabsley, Michael J ^c  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Atoxoplasma; Carnus floridensis; Haemoproteus; nematode; PCR; Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus; Plasmodium; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ATOXOPLASMA; AVES; CARNUS; CESTODA; DERMANYSSUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HYMENOLEPIS (CESTODA); IXODES; IXODES BRUNNEUS; IXODIDA; PHILOPTERUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; PLAGIORHYNCHUS CYLINDRACEUS; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; PROTISTA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; SIALIA SIALIS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84858977452     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4493.1     Document Type: Review

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