Experimental infection of embryonated eggs of chicken with Besnoitia caprae

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Namazi, F ^b   Oryan, A ^b   Namavari, M M ^a   Rahimain, A ^a  

^a RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICK EMBRYO; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 78650771129     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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