Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi antibodies in rabbit urine samples

Veterinary Record

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 85-86

  Furuya, K ^a   Asakura, T ^a   Igarashi, M ^b   Morita, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 68349123451     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vetrec.165.3.85     Document Type: Article

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