Low occurrence of hemosporidian parasites in the Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in Chile
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-6146-6
Abstract: Hemosporidian parasites rarely infect aquatic birds. Few studies have been conducted in South America identifying some lineages of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus, but none has been done in the Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus).… read more here.
Keywords: phalacrocorax brasilianus; cormorant phalacrocorax; neotropic cormorant; low occurrence ... See more keywords