Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UK

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1368-1376

  Lennon, Rosie J ^a   Dunn, Jenny C ^b   Stockdale, Jennifer E ^a,c   Goodman, Simon J ^a   Morris, Antony J ^b   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emerging diseases; farmland birds; population declines; supplementary food; wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; COLUMBA OENAS; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; DOVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOPELIA DECAOCTO; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS TENAX; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA OENAS; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; FRINGILLIDAE; STREPTOPELIA; STREPTOPELIA DECAOCTO; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS TENAX;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84883111256     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013000887     Document Type: Article

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