Extra-intestinal localization of Goussia sp. (Apicomplexa) oocysts in Rana dalmatina (Anura: Ranidae), and the fate of infection after metamorphosis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-241

  Jirku M ^a   Modry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anura; Apicomplexa; Extra intestinal localization; Goussia; Rana dalmatina

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FROG; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PARASITE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; GOUSSIA; GOUSSIA HYPEROLISI; HYPEROLIUS VIRIDIFLAVUS; RANA DALMATINA; RANIDAE;

EID: 33746398898     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao070237     Document Type: Article

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