Dientamoeba fragilis in swine population: A preliminary investigation

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 349-351

  Crotti, D ^a,b   Sensi, M ^a   Crotti, S ^a   Grelloni, V ^a   Manuali, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Libero Professionista in Parassitologia e Microbiologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dientamoeba fragilis; Epidemiology; Giemsa stain; Swine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; FLATULENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TROPHOZOITE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIENTAMOEBA; FECES; SWINE;

DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 33947233211     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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