Detection of Blastocystis sp. in domestic dogs and cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Duda, A ^a,c   Stenzel, D J ^b   Boreham, P F L ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastocystis sp.; Cat; Dog; Epidemiology; Morphology; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES CULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032584044     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00224-0     Document Type: Article

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