A new Eimeria species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting Onychomys species (Rodentia: Muridae) in New Mexico and Arizona

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1207-1209

  Hnida, John A ^a   Wilson, Wade D ^a   Duszynski, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EIMERIA; FECES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; MURIDAE; NEW MEXICO; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; ARENICOLA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDAE; LEUCOGASTER; MURIDAE; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS ARENICOLA; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; ONYCHOMYS TORRIDUS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032430535     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284675     Document Type: Article

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