A virulent mono-eukaryotic culture of Histomonas meleagridis is capable of inducing fatal histomonosis in different aged turkeys of both sexes, regardless of the infective dose

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-172

  Liebhart, D ^a   Grabensteiner, E ^a   Hess, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age susceptibility; Histomonas meleagridis; Histomonosis; Infective dose; Mono eukaryotic culture

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRULENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEX FACTORS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEYS; VIRULENCE;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; HISTOMONAS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 41849118753     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8107-090707-ResNote     Document Type: Article

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