Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis

Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 108-119

  Greiner, Ellis C ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoxoplasmosis going light; Avian species of Sarcocystis, using vertebrate classes as intermediate or definitive hosts; Coccidia life cycle fecal oral route; Coccidiasis enteric species of Isospora; Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis coccidian parasites relating to Toxoplasma and Eimeria; Species of Isospora monoxenous, with single host life cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349965125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813804620.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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