title: Mortality in robins (Turdus migratorius) due to avian malaria.
abstract: Two juvenile robins (Turdus migratorius) died shortly after being captured in Baltimore, Maryland. Both had high erythrocytic parasitemias of mixed Plasmodium infections. Postmortem examination revealed large numbers of exo-erythrocytic malarial schizonts in the liver, spleen, lungs and brain of both cases. Avian malaria was considered the primary cause of death.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology; D008289:Malaria, Avian / Q000401:mortality* / Q000469:parasitology; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity