An outbreak of sarcocystosis in psittacines and a pigeon in a zoological collection in Brazil

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 706-710

  Ecco, R ^a   Luppi, M M ^b   Malta, M C C ^b   Araujo M R ^a   Guedes, R M C ^a   Shivaprasad, H L ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Zoo Botanica de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Merogony; Merozoites; Pigeon; Psittacine; Pulmonary edema; Sarcocystis falcatula; Schizogony; Schizonts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEART; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSITTACINE; SARCOCYSTOSIS; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEART; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PSITTACIFORMES; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

AVES; COLUMBA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; GALLICOLUMBA LUZONICA; LAMPROCAPNOS SPECTABILIS; PSITTACIFORMES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 58149093758     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8303-040408-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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