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Malaria parasites and related haemosporidians cause mortality in cranes: a study on the parasites diversity, prevalence and distribution in Beijing Zoo

BACKGROUND: Malaria parasites and related haemosporidian parasites are widespread and may cause severe diseases in birds. These pathogens should be considered in projects aiming breeding of birds for purposes of sustained ex situ conservation. Cranes are the ‘flagship species’ for health assessment...

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Autores principales: Jia, Ting, Huang, Xi, Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Yang, Minghai, Zheng, Changming, Pu, Tianchun, Zhang, Yanyun, Dong, Lu, Suo, Xun, Zhang, Chenglin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29914492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2385-3