Antemortem diagnosis and characterization of nasal intranuclear coccidiosis in Sulawesi tortoises (Indotestudo forsteni)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 660-667

  Innis, Charles J ^a,g   Garner, Michael M ^b   Johnson, April J ^c   Wellehan, James F X ^c   Tabaka, Chris ^d   Marschang, Rachel E ^e   Nordhausen, Robert W ^f   Jacobson, Elliott R ^c  

^a VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral Emergency Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidia; Indotestudo forsteni; Mycoplasma; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Rhinosinusitis; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIA; FISTULA; INDOTESTUDO FORSTENII; MYCOPLASMA; TESTUDINIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NOSE; NOSE DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NOSE; NOSE DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

EID: 38449107102     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900607     Document Type: Article

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