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Description of the two strains of turkey coccidia Eimeria adenoeides with remarkable morphological variability.
Parasitology - 1 Sept 2011
Poplstein Martin, Vrba Vladimir
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Although oocyst morphology was always considered as a reliable parameter for coccidian species discrimination we describe strain variation of turkey coccidia, Eimeria adenoeides, which remarkably exceeds the variation observed in any other Eimeria species. Two strains have been isolated - the first strain maintains the typical oocyst morphology attributed to this species - large and ellipsoidal - while the second...
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