Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), a South American canid, as a definitive host for Hammondia heydorni

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 46-50

  Soares, Rodrigo M ^a   Cortez, Luiz R P B ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^a   Sercundes, Michelle K ^a   Keid, Lara B ^a   Pena, Hilda F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerdocyon thous; Crab eating fox; Hammondia heydorni; Oocysts; Toxoplasmatinae

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANIDAE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIAL INFECTION; COW; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; LIVESTOCK; MASSETER MUSCLE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FOXES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SOUTH AMERICA;

APICOMPLEXA; BOS; BOVINAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CAPRA HIRCUS; COCCIDIA; DUSICYON THOUS; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 67349274135     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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