Experimental infection of ponies with Sarcocystis fayeri and differentiation from Sarcocystis neurona infections in horses

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1487-1491

  Saville, W J A ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,b   Oglesbee, M J ^a   Sofaly, C D ^a   Marsh, A E ^a   Elitsur, E ^a   Vianna, M C ^a,b   Lindsay, D S ^a,c   Reed, S M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; INOCULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SACROCYSTIS FAYERI; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SCREENING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MICROVILLUS; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TONGUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULES; MICROVILLI; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TONGUE;

EID: 14244262833     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-313     Document Type: Article

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