Intestinal cryptosporidiosis in snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi);Kryptosporidiose bei bullennattern (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi)

Tierarztliche Praxis Ausgabe K: Kleintiere - Heimtiere

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Valentin, Ariane ^a,b   Jakob, W ^a   Strauss G ^a   Stolte, Manuela ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT IM FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E V   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Protozoal intestinal disease; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS SAYI; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDEMIC; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0032370050     PISSN: 14341239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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