Pulmonary cryptococcosis in slaughtered sheep: Anatomopathology and culture

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 350-354

  Lemos, L S ^a   de O dos Santos, Alessa Siqueira ^a   Vieira da Motta, Olney ^a   Texeira, Gina Nunes ^a   de Carvalho, Eulógio Carlos Queiroz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Culture; Epidemiology; Histopathology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35348874169     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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