Experiments to produce cysts in cultures of Histomonas meleagridis - The agent of histomonosis in poultry

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1005-1007

  Zaragatzki, Emma ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^b   Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Grabensteiner, Elvira ^d   Hess, Michael ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Biochemistry Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYST (RESTING STAGE); FETAL CALF SERUM; FLAGELLUM; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARABASALIA; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; HISTOMONAS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PARABASALIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952492844     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1776-3     Document Type: Article

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