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The study described a simple method for single oocyst infection which is usually used to maintain the Eimeria spp. as pure strains in the laboratory and to isolate a single species from the mixed field samples.
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Khalafalla, R.E., Daugschies, A. Single oocyst infection: a simple method for isolation of Eimeria spp. from the mixed field samples. Parasitol Res 107, 187–188 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-1840-z
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