Hepatozoon species infection in wild red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on the isle of Wight

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 202-205

  Simpson, V R ^a   Birtles, R J ^b   Bown, K J ^b   Panciera, R J ^c   Butler, H ^d   Davison, N ^e  

^a Wildlife Veterinary Investigation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Laboratories Agency Truro ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; HEPATOZOON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHIZONT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROZOON; SQUIRREL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON ERHARDOVAE; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 33748428469     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.7.202     Document Type: Article

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