Cloaca prolapse and cystitis in green iguana (Iguana iguana) caused by a novel Cryptosporidium species

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 165-167

  Kik, Marja J L ^a   van Asten, Alphons J A M ^a   Lenstra, Johannes A ^b   Kirpensteijn, Jolle ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cloacal prolapse; Cryptosporidium; Cystitis; Iguana; Molecular characterisation; Reptile

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLOACA PROLAPSE; COLITIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; CYSTITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; IGUANA IGUANA; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYSTITIS; IGUANAS; PHYLOGENY; PROLAPSE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; REPTILIA;

EID: 78649476654     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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