Sarcocystis calchasi sp. nov. of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia f. domestica) and the Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis): Light and electron microscopical characteristics

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 577-585

  Olias, Philipp ^a   Gruber, Achim D ^a   Hafez, Hafez M ^a   Heydorn, Alfred O ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b   Lierz, Michael ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLUMBA LIVIA DOMESTICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GIEMSA STAIN; HOST; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CALCHASI; SCHIZONT; SMEAR; SPLEEN; SPOROCYST; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FALCONIFORMES; GENES, RRNA; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIDAE; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 77949262270     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1701-9     Document Type: Article

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