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A NOTE ON THE BLOOD PARASITES OF SOME BIRDS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR
1 Department of Biology and WHO International Reference Centre for Avian Malaria Parasites, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
2 Institut d'Elevage et de Médicine Vétérinaire de Pays Tropicaux, Boit Postale 4, Tananarive, Madagascar
Sixty-four birds of 32 species from Madagascar were examined for haematozoa; 14 birds of eight species harboured species of Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium, Trypanosoma and Lankesterella. The haematozoa involved occur commonly elsewhere in the world. No evidence of haemoproteid infection was found.
Submitted on January 22, 1974
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