A pathogenic new species of Eimeria from the pygmy rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis, in Washington and Oregon, with description of the sporulated oocyst and intestinal endogenous stages

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 618-623

  Duszynski, Donald W ^a   Harrenstien, Lisa ^a,b   Couch, Lee ^a   Garner, Michael M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OREGON ZOO   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPH; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITISM; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; OOCYSTS; OREGON; WASHINGTON;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRACHYLAGUS; BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 22244478090     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-435R     Document Type: Article

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