Extraintestinal stages of coccidia in liver of Schneider's skink Eumeces schneideri (Sauria: Scincidae) from Northern Egypt

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Koudela, Břetislav ^a   Modrý, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crystalloid body; Extraintestinal tissue cysts; Isospora; Liver; Reptilia; Sporozoite

Indexed keywords

EUMECES SCHNEIDERI; ISOSPORA;

EID: 0032992137     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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