Diagnosis of atoxoplasmosis in a canary (Serinus canarius) by histopathologic and ultrastructural examination

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 465-469

  Quiroga, M I ^a   Aleman N ^a   Vazquez S ^a   Nieto, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atoxoplasmosis; Canary; Histopathology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; SERINUS; SERINUS CANARIUS;

EID: 0034047462     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592564     Document Type: Article

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