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| Title: | Intestinal cryptosporidiosis in pigeons (Columba livia) | Authors: | Rodríguez Guisado, Francisco Orós Montón, Jorge Ignacio Rodríguez Navarro, José Luis González Pérez, Jorge Francisco Castro Alonso, Pedro Luis Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús |
UNESCO Clasification: | 320712 Parasitología | Keywords: | Cryptosporidiosis Pigeons |
Issue Date: | 1997 | Publisher: | 0005-2086 | Journal: | Avian diseases | Abstract: | An intestinal disease in pigeons (Columba livia) from the Canary Islands characterized by diarrhea and body weight loss is described. Intestinal cryptosporidiosis was identified in three young pigeons. Cryptosporidia were associated with hyperplasia of the intestinal crypts and moderate inflammatory infiltration in lamina propria. This is the first report of cryptosporidiosis in pigeons. | URI: | https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/handle/10553/43398 | ISSN: | 0005-2086 | DOI: | 10.2307/1592171 | Source: | Avian Diseases [ISSN 0005-2086], v. 41, p. 748-750 |
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