| standard sampling techniques underestimate prevalence of avian hematozoa in willow ptarmigan (lagopus lagopus). | a total of 68 willow ptarmigan (lagopus lagopus l.) was collected during september 1995 from two localities in troms county, northern norway. thin blood smears were prepared and examined for blood parasites. of the 68 willow ptarmigan examined, 94% harbored one or more species of hematozoa. there were four (6%), 44 (65%), 16 (24%), and four (6%) birds infected by zero, one, two, and three species of parasites, respectively. prevalences at the coastal locality, kattfjord (n = 43), were leucocytoz ... | 2003 | 12910763 |