The annual cycle of shedding Eimeria oocysts by European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Bialowieza primeval forest, Poland

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-739

  Pyziel, Anna M ^a   Kowalczyk, Rafal ^a,b   Demiaszkiewicz, Aleksander W ^a  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CATTLE; FECES; GROWING SEASON; NEW RECORD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPORE; SYMPTOM; UNGULATE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BUFFALO; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ALABAMENSIS; EIMERIA BOVIS; EIMERIA CANADENSIS; EIMERIA CYLINDRICA; EIMERIA ELLIPSOIDALIS; EIMERIA PELLITA; EIMERIA ZUERNII; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREST; HOST; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLAND; SPRING; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BISON; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND;

BISON; BISON BONASUS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ALABAMENSIS; EIMERIA BOVIS; EIMERIA CYLINDRICA; EIMERIA ELLIPSOIDALIS; EIMERIA ZUERNII;

EID: 80051754517     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2567.1     Document Type: Article

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