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Haematozoa of the Great Blue Turacos, Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) (Aves: Musophagiformes: Musophagidae) imported to Singapore Jurong Bird Park with description and molecular characterisation of Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) minchini new species (Apicomplexa: Haemosporidia: Haemoproteidae)

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Chavatte, Jean-Marc, Okumura, Chiharu, Landau, Irène (2017): Haematozoa of the Great Blue Turacos, Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) (Aves: Musophagiformes: Musophagidae) imported to Singapore Jurong Bird Park with description and molecular characterisation of Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) minchini new species (Apicomplexa: Haemosporidia: Haemoproteidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 325-340, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5356601

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