Cryptosporidiosis caused by two distinct species in Russian tortoises and a pancake tortoise

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Griffin, Chris ^a   Reavill, Drury R ^b   Stacy, Brian A ^c   Childress, April L ^c   Wellehan, James F X ^c  

^a Griffin Avian and Exotic Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^b Zoo/Exotic Pathology Service   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrionemys horsfieldii; Cryptosporidium; Malacochersus tornieri; Pancake tortoise; Russian tortoise

Indexed keywords

AGRIONEMYS HORSFIELDII; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HOST RANGE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALACOCHERSUS TORNIERI; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURTLES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GEOCHELONE ELEGANS; MALACOCHERSUS; MALACOCHERSUS TORNIERI; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO HORSFIELDII; TESTUDO MARGINATA;

EID: 77951571179     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.039     Document Type: Article

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