Besnoitiosis in a southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) from uvalde, Texas

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 838-841

  Charles, Roxanne A ^a   Ellis, Angela E ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,b   Barnes, John C ^a,c   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Southwest Texas Veterinary Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; SWELLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA NEOTOMOFELIS; BESNOITIOSIS; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOTOMA MICROPUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTOZOON; RAT; RODENT; SWELLING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOSE; RODENT DISEASES; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SIGMODONTINAE; SKIN; TEXAS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES; UVALDE COUNTY;

BESNOITIA; MUS; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MICROPUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80053565383     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2786.1     Document Type: Article

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