A cluster of avian malaria cases in a kiwi management programme

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 121-126

  Banda, M E ^a,b   Howe, L ^a   Gartrell, B D ^a   McInnes, K ^c   Hunter, S ^a   French, N P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Zambia Institute of Animal Health   (Zambia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli); mortality; Plasmodium; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MALARIA, AVIAN; NEW ZEALAND; PALAEOGNATHAE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

APTERYX AUSTRALIS; APTERYX AUSTRALIS MANTELLI; AVES; PLASMODIUM ELONGATUM;

EID: 84876322376     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2012.736130     Document Type: Article

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