Survival of Isospora suis oocysts under controlled environmental conditions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 186-193

  Langkjær, Maria ^a   Roepstorff, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Isospora suis; Oocyst; Pigs; Relative humidity; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; ISOSPORA; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLLUTION; SPOROCYST; SPOROGENESIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FECES; HUMIDITY; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 40249102963     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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