Infectivity of Hepatozoon americanum cystozoites for a dog

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 148-150

  Johnson, Eileen M ^a   Allen, Kelly E ^a   Panciera, Roger J ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Ewing, Sidney A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Cystozoite; Hepatozoon americanum; Paratenic host; Rodent

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INGESTION; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SCHIZONT; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MALE;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; AMBYLOMMA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 43049127405     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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