Prevalence of Sarcocystis sp. in stranded atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-296

  Ewing, Ruth ^a,b   Zaias, Julia ^a   Stamper, M Andrew ^c,d   Bossart, Gregory D ^e,f   Dubey, J P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d EPCOT   (United States)

^e Miami Seaquarium   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic white sided dolphin; Epidemiology; Lagenorhynchus acutus; Protozoan; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOLPHIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0036547699     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.291     Document Type: Article

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