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Intestinal helminth infection of pigeons (Columba livia domestica): Prevalence and histopathology

Helminthologia
Volume 62 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2025-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 135 - 143
Submitted on: Jan 31, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 25, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
pigeons,
parasitic infestation,
histopathological changes,
endoparasites,
ectoparasites
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2025 W. Khan, Z. Masood, M. H. Wakid, M. Bibi, S. Gul, E. Ahmad, P. De Los Rios Escalante, Y. A. J. Fadladdin, A. B. Ismael, A. A. Swelum, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences
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