Besnoitia darlingi infection in a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 220-223

  Shaw, Shannon ^a,b   Grasperge, Britton ^a   Nevarez, Javier ^a   Reed, Scott ^a   Long, Lauren ^a   Rademacher, Nathalie ^a   Guzman, David Sánchez Migallón ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma City Zoo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Besnoitia darlingi; Didelphis virginiana; Parasite; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LOUISIANA; OPOSSUMS; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

BESNOITIA DARLINGI; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 65249168634     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0165.1     Document Type: Article

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