The first finding of a natural infection of Cryptosporidium muris in a cat

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 349-352

  Pavlasek, Ivan ^a   Ryan, Una ^b  

^a Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Cryptosporidium muris; Genotyping; Morphology; Natural infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; GENETIC TRAIT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; MUS;

EID: 33847021215     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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