Redescription of the Sarcocysts of Sarcocystis rileyi (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 476-482

  Dubey, J P ^a   Cawthorn, R J ^b   Speer, C A ^c   Wobeser, G A ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bradyzoites; Sarcocyst wall; Ultrastructure; Villar protrusions

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DUCK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DUCKS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 0348226815     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00274.x     Document Type: Article

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