<i >Plasmodium</i> spp, blood smear

Plasmodium spp, blood smear

Plasmodium spp in a blood smear (1,000X) from a gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). Pigmented gametocytes are present within the cytoplasm of mature and polychromatophilic erythrocytes.

Courtesy of Dr. A. J. Van Wettere.