- Plasmodium gallinaceum
Taxobox
color = khaki
name = "Plasmodium gallinaceum"
regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. gallinaceum"
binomial = "Plasmodium gallinaceum"
binomial_authority = Brumpt, 1935"Plasmodium gallinaceum" is a
species of the genus "Plasmodium " (subgenus "Haemamoeba ") that causesmalaria inpoultry . [cite web | title = "Plasmodium" Infection | work = The Merck Veterinary Manual | date = 2006 | url = http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/200107.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-03 ]Description
This species was described by Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (
1877 -1951 ) a French professor of parasitology during a trip toCeylon (nowSri Lanka ).Geographic range
Clinical features and host pathology
References
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