Sarcocystis spp. in Antelopes from Southern Africa

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-158

  Odening, Klaus ^a,d   Rudolph, Michael ^a   Quandt, Sybille ^b   Bengis, Roy G ^c   Bockhardt, Ingrid ^a   Viertel, Dagmar ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antelopes; Sarcocystis gazellae; Sarcocystis hominis; Sarcocystis melampi sp. n.; Sarcocystis sp.; Sarcocystis woodhousei

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPOS; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; SARCOCYSTIS GAZELLAE; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SARCOCYSTIS WOODHOUSEI; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 0031715341     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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