Rapid transmission of the protozoan parasite Histomonas meleagridis in turkeys and specific pathogen free chickens following cloacal infection with a mono-eukaryotic culture

Avian Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-285

  Hess, M ^a   Grabensteiner, E ^a   Liebhart, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BURSA FABRICII; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLOACA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; LIVER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CECUM; CHICKENS; CLOACA; LIVER; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TURKEYS;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33746584874     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450600815507     Document Type: Article

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