Taenia solium cysticercosis in young pigs: Age at first infection and histological characteristics

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-79

  De Aluja, Aline S ^a   Martinez M, J J ^a   Villalobos, A N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Pig cestoda; Seasonal dynamics; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MEXICO; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CLIMATE; CYSTICERCOSIS; GRANULOMA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MEXICO; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEASONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA;

EID: 0032584020     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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