An outbreak of besnoitiosis in miniature donkeys

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 877-881

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Mackenzie, Charles D ^a,b   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^a,c   Marteniuk, Judith V ^a   Steficek, Barbara ^a   Windsor, Sharon ^a,d   Saeed, A Mahdi ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a,e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIOSIS; CHEEK MUCOSA; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DERMATITIS; DONKEY; EQUUS; EQUUS ASIMUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SCLERA; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BENNETTI; COCCIDIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23744491647     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3277.1     Document Type: Article

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