A preliminary study of natural and experimental infection of the lesser mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) with Histomonas meleagridis (Protozoa: Sarcomastigophora)

Avian Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-282

  Huber, Karine ^a   Gouilloud, Linda ^a   Zenner, Lionel ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHICKEN; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 34447315267     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450701447317     Document Type: Article

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