Short Note: First report of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in stool of Adélie penguin from the Antarctic using acid-fast stain

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-438

  Fredes, Fernando ^a   Raffo, Eduardo ^a   Muñoz, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; NEW RECORD; PROTOZOAN; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 35848934817     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000429     Document Type: Article

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