Pyogranulomatous encephalitis associated with an unidentified Sarcocystis neurona-like organism in a horse

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-333

  Hamir, A N ^a   Gerros, T C ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0031178729     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879700900322     Document Type: Article

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