Hepatitis Associated with a Sarcocystis canis-like Protozoan in a Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1258-1260

  Yantis, D ^a   Moeller, R ^b   Braun, R ^c   Gardiner, C H ^a   Aguirre, A ^c   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHOLESTASIS; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER NECROSIS; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CANIS; SEAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLON; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEALS, EARLESS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BACILLI; CANIS; HAWAIIA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0142202686     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3265RN     Document Type: Article

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