Entamoeba sp. (Sarcomastigophora: Endamoebidae) from ostriches (Struthio camelus) (Aves: Struthionidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-179

  Martinez Diaz R A ^a   Herrera, S ^a   Castro, A ^a   Ponce, F ^b  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

1 Nucleate mature cyst group; Birds; Entamoeba sp.; Host range; Morphology; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ENTAMOEBA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AVES; CAMELUS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA CHATTONI; ENTAMOEBA SUIS; MAMMALIA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIDAE; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0343090871     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00314-9     Document Type: Article

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