Early migration of Sarcocystis neurona in ponies fed sporocysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1222-1225

  Elitsur, E ^a   Marsh, A E ^a   Reed, S M ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Oglesbee, M J ^a   Murphy, J E ^a   Saville, W J A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HORSE; INOCULATION; LESION; MIGRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; LUNG; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; SAMPLE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SPINAL CORD; STOMACH INTUBATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OOCYSTS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EQUIDAE; MUS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 36749072066     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-497R.1     Document Type: Article

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