Encephalitozoonosis in household pet Nederland Dwarf rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 265-269

  Valencakova, A ^a   Balent, P ^a,b   Petrovova, E ^a   Novotny, F ^a   Luptakova, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Nederland Dwarf; Rabbit; Spontaneous encephalitozoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL SPORE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN; DNA ISOLATION; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EYE DISEASE; FECES CULTURE; KIDNEY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT; SEROLOGY; TORTICOLLIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 42249097420     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.047     Document Type: Article

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