Avian malaria in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 189-198

  Schoener, E R ^a   Banda, M ^a   Howe, L ^a   Castro, I C ^a   Alley, M R ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Haemosporidia; native birds; pathology; Plasmodium; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAEMOSPORIDA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NATIVE BIRDS; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

DIAGNOSIS; HAEMOSPORIDIA; NATIVE BIRDS; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; MALARIA, AVIAN; NEW ZEALAND; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84901403816     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2013.871195     Document Type: Review

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