Three species of Plasmodium from Canada geese, Branta canadensis
Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association
By: C. M. Herman and J.H. Barrow
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Abstract
Studies on Canada geese at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in northern Michigan during the past few years have uncovered at least three species of Plasmodium: P circumflexum, P. relictum, and P. vaughani. Although rarely observed in direct blood smears from the wild hosts, isodiagnosis, using primarily domestic geese as recipients, revealed a prevalence of 60 percent in random samplings of the population. P. circumflexum is the most prevalent and mixed infections have been noted. In experimental infections, induced by blood inoculation, the malaria produced by P. circumflexum produces about a 70 percent mortality in Canada geese and about a 10 percent mortality in domestic geese.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Three species of Plasmodium from Canada geese, Branta canadensis |
| Series title | Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1967 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 88 (abstract) |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association |
| First page | 88 (abs) |
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