Generalized encephalitozoonosis in a Jersey wooly rabbit

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-305

  Nast, Rodney ^a   Middleton, Dorothy M ^a   Wheler, Colette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RABBITS;

EID: 0030144080     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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