Prevalence and tissue distribution of Besnoitia darlingi cysts in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Michigan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-327

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^a   Saeed, Mahdi A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Besnoitia darlingi; Cysts; Opossum; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BESNOITIA DARLINGI; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIAPHRAGM; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; EAR; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE; PARASITE INCIDENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; SPRING; STOMACH; SUMMER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; TONGUE; WINTER;

BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA DARLINGI; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0041965921     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00221-8     Document Type: Article

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