Plasmodium gallinaceum

Plasmodium gallinaceum is a species of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Haemamoeba) that causes malaria in poultry.

Description 
This species was described by Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology during a trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

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Category:Poultry diseases
gallinaceum
Category:Veterinary protozoology
Category:Parasites of birds