Parasites in Italian sea turtles. I. The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus, 1766)

Parassitologia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-583

  Manfredi, M T ^a   Piccolo, G ^b   Prato, F ^c   Loria, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DVM Practitioner   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermochelys; Enodiotrema; Italy; Leatherback turtle; Mediterranean Sea; Parasites; Pyelosomum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ITALY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

EID: 0030322781     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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