Experimental Infection of Turkeys and Chickens with a Clonal Strain of Tetratrichomonas gallinarum Induces a Latent Infection in the Absence of Clinical Signs and Lesions

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-62

  Amin, A ^a   Liebhart, D ^a   Weissenbock H ^b   Hess, M ^a  

^a Clinic for Avian   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chickens; In situ hybridization; Latent infection; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN; BURSA FABRICII; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUODENUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLAGELLATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION; JEJUNUM; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEYS;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRICHOMONADIDA;

EID: 78650310914     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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