| pcr-based detection and genotyping of haematozoa (protozoa) parasitizing eagle owls, bubo bubo. | we genetically analysed haematozoa parasites (protozoa) isolated from nestling eagle owls (bubo bubo) in toledo province, central spain. a total of 206 nestlings from 74 nests were screened for parasites of the genera leucocytozoon, plasmodium, and haemoproteus using a very efficient polymerase chain reaction (pcr) approach that amplifies a partial segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of these parasites. pcr-based detection and sequence analyses revealed a unique lineage of leucocytozo ... | 2009 | 18818949 |