Epidemiologic and zoogeographic studies on Trichinella nativa in arctic fox, Alopex lagopus, in Greenland

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 226-232

  Kapel, Christian M O ^a   Henriksen, Svend Aage ^b   Berg, Thomas B ^c   Nansen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

age; Alopex lagopus; arctic fox; color; Greenland; larval burden; prevalence; sex; transmission; Trichinella nativa

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LAGOPUS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; URSUS MARITIMUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 0029778323     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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