Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in rabbits and laboratory mice in Eastern Slovakia

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-116

  Bálent, Pavol ^a   Halánová, Monika ^b   Sedláková, Tatiana ^a   Valenčáková, Alexandra ^a   Čisláková, Lýdia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Encepha litozoon cuniculi; Epidemiology; Laboratory mice; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SLOVAKIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4243052635     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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