Identity of Sarcocystis species of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and cattle (Bos taurus) and the suppression of Sarcocystis sinensis as a nomen nudum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Dubey, J P ^a   Fayer, R ^a   Rosenthal, B M ^a   Calero Bernal, R ^a   Uggla, A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cattle (Bos taurus); Nomen nudum; People's Republic of China; Sarcocystis; Sarcocystis sinensis; Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CHINA; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DNA DETERMINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS BUFFALONIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS DUBEYI; SARCOCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS; SARCOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SARCOCYSTIS LEVINEI; SARCOCYSTIS SINENSIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SCHIZONT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROCYST; WATER BUFFALO; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; PRIMATES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS BUFFALONIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS DUBEYI; SARCOCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS; SARCOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SARCOCYSTIS SINENSIS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906937562     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.06.020     Document Type: Review

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