Sarcocystis meningoencephalitis in a northern gannet (Morus bassanus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 432-437

  Spalding, Marilyn G ^a   Yowell, Charles A ^a   Lindsay, David S ^b   Greiner, Ellis C ^a   Dame, John B ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Meningoencephalitis; Morus bassanus; Northern gannet; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM; COCCIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; CEREBELLUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0036545497     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.432     Document Type: Article

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