Sarcocystis calchasi is distinct to Sarcocystis columbae sp. nov. from the wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) and Sarcocystis sp. from the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 7-14

  Olias, Philipp ^a   Olias, Lena ^a   Lierz, Michael ^b   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c   Gruber, Achim D ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Paramyxovirus; Protozoa; Salmonella; Sarcocystosis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAWK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CALCHASI; SARCOCYSTIS COLUMBAE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPOROCYST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAWKS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER NISUS; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; COLUMBAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 77953613315     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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