Lethal Giardia from a wild-caught sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) established in vitro chronically infects mice

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Upcroft, J A ^a,c   Mcdonnell, P A ^a   Gallagher, A N ^b   Chen, N ^a   Upcroft, P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Brighton Veterinary Clinic   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

avian Giardia; cross species transmission; Giardia duodenalis; sulphur crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita); zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTURE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; INTESTINES; KARYOTYPING; MICE; PSITTACIFORMES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030904480     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008724     Document Type: Article

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