Ultrastructure and pathology of Besnoitia caprae in the naturally infected goats of Kerman, East of Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1171-1176

  Oryan, A ^a   Azizi, S ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA CAPRAE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROBLAST; GOAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPOROZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IRAN; MALE; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA CAPRAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COCCIDIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 42049096713     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0890-y     Document Type: Article

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