Sarcocystis species in skeletal muscle of otter (Lutra lutra)

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Wahlstrom K ^a,b   Nikkila T ^b   Uggla, A ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lutra lutra; Otter; Sarcocystis sp.; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARNIVORA; CELL WALL; CYST; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWEDEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OTTERS; SARCOCYSTIS;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0032945033     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209800359X     Document Type: Article

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