Viability of Sarcocystis neurona sporocysts after long-term storage

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 257-264

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Murphy, Alice J ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sarcocystis neurona; Sporocyst; Viability

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; BUFFER; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHATE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOASSAY; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA INTERFERON GENE; GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SMALL INTESTINE; STAIN; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; UNITED STATES;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICHIGAN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYSTS; OPOSSUMS; PROPIDIUM; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 5444254474     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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