Comparison of the pathogensis of two isolates of Besnoitia caprae in inbred BALB/c mice

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 423-434

  Oryan, Ahmad ^a   Namazi, Fatemeh ^a   Namavari, Mohammad Mehdi ^b   Sharifiyazdi, Hassan ^a   Moraveji, Marjan ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Besnoitia caprae; Histotopathology; Inbred BALB c mice; Inoculation

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA CAPRAE; BRADYZOITE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPEREMIA; INOCULATION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTESTINE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEART; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEART; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA CAPRAE; MUS;

EID: 77955550332     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-010-9415-0     Document Type: Article

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