Naturally occurring Sarcocystis neurona-like infection in a dog with myositis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Vashisht, Kapil ^a   Lichtensteiger, Carol A ^a   Miller, Lou A ^a   Gondim, Luis F P ^a   McAllister, Milton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Muscle; Sarcocyst; Sarcocystis neurona

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LEUKOCYTE; MEROZOITE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SCHIZONT; SEROLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 24144467770     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.042     Document Type: Article

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