Animal Science Cysticercosis in Laboratory Rabbits

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 45-48

  Owiny, James R ^a,b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RABBIT; TAENIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; CYSTICERCOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIVER; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RABBITS; TAENIA;

EID: 0347240663     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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