Ultrastructure of Frenkelia sp. from a Norwegian lemming in Finland

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 362-366

  Laakkonen, Juha ^a,b   Henttonen, Heikki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Frenkelia spp; Heteroxenous coccidia; Lemmus lemmus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIA; FRENKELIA; LEMMUS LEMMUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FINLAND; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIIDA; FINLAND; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0034167171     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.362     Document Type: Article

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