Quantitative characterization, classification and reconstruction of oocyst shapes of Eimeria species from cattle

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Sommer, C ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classification; Eimeria; Fourier transform; Image analysis; Numerical taxonomy; Shape

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS TAURUS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031913247     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209700187X     Document Type: Article

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