Journal article
Epidemiology of protozoan and helminthic parasites in wild passerine birds of Britain and Ireland
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Avian endoparasites play important roles in conservation, biodiversity and host evolution. Currently, little is known about the epidemiology of intestinal helminths and protozoans infecting wild birds of Britain and Ireland. This study aimed to determine the rates of parasite prevalence, abundance and infection intensity in wild passerines. Fecal samples (n = 755) from 18 bird families were collected from 13 sites across England, Wales and Ireland from March 2020 to June 2021. A conventional ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/s0031182022001779
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Parasitology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 150
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 297-310
- Publication date:
- 2023-01-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-01-01
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1469-8161
- ISSN:
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0031-1820
- Pmid:
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36597822
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English
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1319757
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pubs:1319757
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2023-01-16
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- Parsa et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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