The ultrastructure of the Parasite and the Mucus Cell Relationship and Endogenous Stages of Cryptosporidium muris in the Stomach of Laboratory Mice

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-125

  Aydin, Yilmaz ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium muris; Laboratory mice; Stomach; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033453929     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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