Prevalence of Sarcocystis species in slaughtered goats in Shiraz, Iran

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 418-420

  Shekarforoush, S S ^a   Razavi, S M ^a   Dehghan, S A ^a   Sarihi, K ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOAT DISEASE; IRAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SMEAR; TISSUE SECTION; TREMOR;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 17144427372     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.13.418     Document Type: Article

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