Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Prototheca zopfii in a dog with enteric signs

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-481

  Ribeiro, Márcio Garcia ^a   Rodrigues de Farias, Marconi ^b   Roesler, Uwe ^c   Roth, Katja ^c   Rodigheri, Sabrina Mari ^b   Ostrowsky, Marco Antonio ^b   Salerno, Tatiana ^a   Siqueira, Amanda Keller ^a   Fernandes, Marta Catarina ^a  

^a Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dog; Enteric signs; Genotype; Prototheca zopfii

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA 18S; NYSTATIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHLORELLA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; DOG DISEASE; FECES CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MELENA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGOPHRENIA; PHENOTYPE; PROTOTHECA ZOPFI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENESMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTERITIS; INFECTION; MALE; NYSTATIN; PROTOTHECA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII;

EID: 70350542738     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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