High yield of parasites and prolonged in vitro culture of Histomonas meleagridis

Avian Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-508

  Van Der Heijden, Harold M J F ^a   McDougald, Larry R ^b   Landman, Wil J M ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PROTOZOON; RICE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORYZA SATIVA; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; PROTOZOA;

HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS;

EID: 28844433677     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450500368474     Document Type: Article

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