Ultrastructural study of Sarcocystis muriviperae development in the intestine of its snake hosts

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Paperna, Ilan ^a   Finkelman, Simcha ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coluber jugularis; Endogenous development; Macrogamonts; Microgamonts; Oocysts; Sarcocystis muriviperae; Ultrastructure; Vipera palaestinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; INTESTINES; MICE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SNAKES;

EID: 0029688277     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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