hematozoa of wild turkeys from the midwestern united states: translocation of wild turkeys and its potential role in the introduction of plasmodium kempi. | twenty-three of 310 blood samples taken from live-trapped eastern wild turkeys (meleagris gallopavo silvestris) from missouri (usa), and hunter-killed birds from wisconsin, north dakota and minnesota (usa), and inoculated into domestic broad-breasted-white turkey poults were positive for two species of plasmodium. twenty-one of the positive samples were infected with p. (novyella) kempi, and two samples from wisconsin were infected with p. (giovannolaia) lophurae. twenty percent of 310 blood sme ... | 1990 | 2338722 |