Pigeons are Not Susceptible to Intracloacal Infection with Histomonas meleagridis

Histomonas meleagridis is a trichomonad parasite, which is capable to cause severe inflammations of ceca and livers in gallinaceous birds. It rarely can be satisfactorily explained, how the parasite was introduced into the flock. The role of wild birds as possible reservoir or as vectors has not bee...

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Main Author: Rüdiger Hauck and Hafez M. Hafez*
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2012-10-01
Series:Pakistan Veterinary Journal
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Online Access:http://pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/32_4/597-600.pdf