Naturally occurring and experimentally transmitted Hepatozoon americanum in Coyotes from Oklahoma

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-153

  Kocan, A Alan ^a   Cummings, Connie A ^a   Panciera, Roger J ^a   Mathew, J S ^a   Ewing, S A ^a   Barker, Robert W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Canis latrans; Coyote; Experimental transmission; Gulf coast tick; Hepatozoon americanum; Natural infection

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTHROPODA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMERUS; MALE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BONE AND BONES; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIOSIS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEMALE; HUMERUS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NYMPH; OKLAHOMA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TICKS;

EID: 0033631728     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.149     Document Type: Article

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