Systemic Sarcocystosis in a Wild Turkey from Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 755-760

  Dubey, J P ^a   Quist, C F ^b   Fritz, D L ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute sarcocystosis; Case report; Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; Myocarditis; Pneumonia; Sarcocystis sp; Schizont; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEART; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0034304122     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.755     Document Type: Article

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