Corvid birds (Corvidae) act as definitive hosts for Sarcocystis ovalis in moose (Alces alces)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1445-1453

  Gjerde, Bjørn ^a   Dahlgren, Stina S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORVIDAE; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS OVALIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROCYST;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; RUMINANTS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALCES ALCES; AVES; CANIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; FELIDAE; PICA PICA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 78449295168     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2017-5     Document Type: Article

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