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Avian malaria

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000591

Any of a group of infections of fowl caused by protozoa of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus. The life cycles of these parasites and the disease produced bears strong resemblance to those observed in human malaria.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000591
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2018; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPoultry diseases; Malaria; Plasmodium gallinaceum
TranslationsSpanish: malaria aviar
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000591",
  "term": "Avian malaria",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Any of a group of infections of fowl caused by protozoa of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus. The life cycles of these parasites and the disease produced bears strong resemblance to those observed in human malaria.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "poultry diseases",
    "malaria",
    "Plasmodium gallinaceum"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2018",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "malaria aviar"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/avian-malaria/"
}

Record 585 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.