Meningoencephalitis in capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) caused by a Sarcocystis-like organism

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-284

  Gustafsson, Katarina ^a   Book, MajLis ^b   Dubey, J P ^c   Uggla, Arvid ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Encephalitis; Immunohistochemistry; Protozoa; Sarcocystis; Tetrao urogallus

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COCCIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOCYSTIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0031217794     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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