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  <dc:contributor>Donald J. Forrester</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Robert J. Dusek</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2002</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Blood films from 46 fish crows (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Corvus ossifragus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wilson) and 42 American crows (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Corvus brachyrhynchos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Brehm) from Florida, U.S.A., were examined for blood parasites.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Haemoproteus picae&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Coatney and Roudabush,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Haemoproteus danilewskii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kruse,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Trypanosoma avium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Danilewsky), and microfilariae of an unidentified filarioid were identified from both species of crows. An unidentified species of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Haemoproteus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Trypanosoma ontarioensis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Woo and Bartlett were observed in American crow blood films. Fish crow blood films contained&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Plasmodium relictum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Celli and Sanfelice. Prior to this study,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;T. avium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;P. relictum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;had not been reported from fish crows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1654/1525-2647(2002)069[0092:BPOACC]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Helminthological Society of Washington</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Blood parasites of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and fish crows (Corvus ossifragus) in Florida, U.S.A.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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