Sarcocystis suihominis Detected for the First Time from Pigs in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-309

  Saito, Morihiro ^a   Shibata, Yutaka ^a   Ohno, Akemi ^b   Kubo, Masanori ^c   Shimura, Kameo ^c   Itagaki, Hiroshi ^d  

^a Kumagaya Meat Inspection Ctr S   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Meat Inspection Ctr O   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Identification; Morphology; Sarcocystis suihominis; Swine

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SUIHOMINIS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; COCCIDIOSIS; DIAPHRAGM; DOG; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DIAPHRAGM; DOGS; HEART; JAPAN; MYOCARDIUM; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0032018146     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.307     Document Type: Article

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