Balantidium coli-infection in a Finnish horse

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Headley, Selwyn Arlington ^a   Kummala, Elina ^a   Sukura, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Balantidium coli; Colon; Horse; Lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; BALANTIDIUM COLI; BALANTIDIUM COLI INFECTION; COLIC; COLON HEMORRHAGE; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; EUTHANASIA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; MARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

BALANTIDIUM COLI; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYXOZOA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 53549132235     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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