Observations on the life history and descriptions of coccidia (Apicomplexa) from the Western chorus frog, Pseudacris triseriata triseriata, from Eastern Nebraska

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 522-528

  Bolek, Matthew G ^a   Janovy Jr , John ^a   Irizarry Rovira, Armando R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; GAMETE; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE; TADPOLE; UNITED STATES;

ACRIS; ACRIS CREPITANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; APICOMPLEXA; BUFO; BUFO WOODHOUSII; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; HYLA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA COGGINSI; PROTOZOA; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA; RANA BLAIRI; RANA CATESBEIANA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037668660     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0522:OOTLHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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