Gastric spiral bacteria and intramuscular sarcocysts in African lions from Namibia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-324

  Kinsel, Michael J ^a   Briggs, Michael B ^b   Venzke, Kallie ^c   Forge, Olivia ^c   Murnane, Robert D ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

Author keywords

African lion; Gastric spiral bacteria; Helicobacter sp. Helicobacter like organism; Panthera leo; Sarcocystis felis; Sarcocysts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HINDLIMB; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; PARASITOLOGY; PYLORUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HINDLIMB; LIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NAMIBIA; PYLORUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0032044186     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.317     Document Type: Article

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