A LACK OF AVIAN AND MAMMALIAN HAEMATOZOA IN THE ANTARCTIC AND CANADIAN ARCTIC

Blood films were obtained from 111 animals in New Zealand's Ross Dependency, and 165 on Prince of Wales Island, N.W.T. Most of them were from birds, and all proved negative for haematozoa although not because of any lack of susceptibility. An absence of vectors precludes local transmission in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Laird, Marshall
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1961
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Prince of Wales Island
Ross Dependency
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z61-025
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z61-025
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Summary:Blood films were obtained from 111 animals in New Zealand's Ross Dependency, and 165 on Prince of Wales Island, N.W.T. Most of them were from birds, and all proved negative for haematozoa although not because of any lack of susceptibility. An absence of vectors precludes local transmission in the areas sampled, and while wide-ranging migratory birds nesting in the Arctic could be exposed to infection elsewhere, many of them are normally protected from this hazard by ecological barriers.

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