Sarcocystis-infection of cattle in Hungary

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hornok, Sándor ^a   Mester, Anita ^b   Takács, Nóra ^a   Baska, Ferenc ^a   Majoros, Gábor ^a   Fok, Éva ^a   Biksi, Imre ^a   Német, Zoltán ^a   Hornyák, Ákos ^c   Jánosi, Szilárd ^c   Farkas, Róbert ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Veterinary Clinic   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Cattle; Dalmeny disease; Sarcocystis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE BREED; CATTLE DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUNGARY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PETECHIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SUDDEN DEATH; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY;

BOS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOVIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SARCOCYSTIS SINENSIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUNGARY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 84924093334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0685-9     Document Type: Article

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