Extensive production of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in a carnivorous marsupial succumbing to experimental neosporosis

Veterinary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  King, Jessica S ^a   McAllan, Bronwyn ^b   Spielman, Derek S ^a   Lindsay, Scott A ^a   Hůrková Hofmannová, Lada ^c   Hartigan, Ashlie ^a   Al Qassab, Sarwat E ^d   Ellis, John T ^d   Šlapeta, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; METATHERIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOSPORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80051967786     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-42-75     Document Type: Article

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