Porcine isosporosis: Infection dynamics, pathophysiology and immunology of experimental infections

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Worliczek, Hanna L ^a   Buggelsheim, Marc ^a   Saalmüller, Armin ^a   Joachim, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coccidiosis; Eimeria; Immunology; Isospora suis; Pig

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; COCCIDIOSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOSPORA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SWINE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ILEUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOSPORA SUIS; JEJUNUM; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; PIGLET; PROTOZOON; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ISOSPORA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 36049023421     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0859-3     Document Type: Review

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