First report on Encephalitozoon intestinalis infection of swine in Europe

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-411

  Valenčáková, Alexandra ^a   Balent P ^a   Huska M ^a   Novotny F ^a   Luptáková, Lenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

ELISA; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Optical brighteners; PCR; Pigs

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SLOVAKIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVAKIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33747718657     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.3.11     Document Type: Article

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