Intrahepatic Larval Nematode Infection in the Northern Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (Anura: Hylidae), in West Virginia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 340-343

  Joy, James E ^a   Walker, Ernest M ^b   Koh, Sukjung G ^b   Bentley, James M ^b   Crank, Anna G ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Nematoda; Pseudacris crucifer crucifer; Spring peeper; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; NEMATODA; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER CRUCIFER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LIVER; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANURA; LARVA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030119506     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.340     Document Type: Article

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