Cryptosporidium infections in muskrat (Ondatra zibethica)

Parasite

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 369-371

  Petri, C ^a   Karanis, P ^a   Renoth, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cryptosporidium; Diagnosis; Immunofluorescence; Muskrats; Water supplies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS;

EID: 0142121896     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1997044369     Document Type: Article

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