Pathological changes in rabbits infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi rectally

Helminthologia

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Horvath M ^a   Levkut, M ^a   Balent P ^a   Levkutova M ^a   Hipikova V ^a   Stefkovic M ^a   Halanova M ^a   Horvathova A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dose relation; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Immuno histochemistry; Pathology; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842574047     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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