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Studies on the Coccidia of Indian birds

II. Observations on several species of Coccidia of the sub-families cyclosporinæ and eimeriinæ

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Summary

  1. 1.

    Three new species ofIsospora have been described.

  2. 2.

    A new species of the genusDorisiella is recorded and described for the first time from an avian host and also from India.

  3. 3.

    A new species ofEimeria is described.

  4. 4.

    Eimeria pfeifferi (Labbé) is reported for the first time from this country.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Zoology, Calcutta University, India

    Mukundamurari Chakravarty

  2. Bethune College, Calcutta

    Amiya Bhusan Kar

  3. Department of Zoology, Calcutta University, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta

    Amiya Bhusan Kar

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  1. Mukundamurari Chakravarty
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Communicated by Dr. G. D. Bhalerao,f.a.sc.

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Chakravarty, M., Kar, A.B. Studies on the Coccidia of Indian birds. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 20, 102–114 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049794

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