Prevalence of Sarcocystis in slaughtered one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-303

  Shekarforoush, S S ^a   Shakerian, A ^b   Hasanpoor, M M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Camel; Epidemiology; Iran; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CAMEL; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; HEART; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAMELS; FEMALE; HEART; IRAN; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 33745884401     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4362-z     Document Type: Article

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