Extracting protostrongylid nematode larvae from ungulate feces

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-516

  Forrester, Sean G ^a   Lankester, Murray W ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baermann funnel technique; Fecal examination; Nematode larval collection; Parelaphostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEER; FECES; LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0031173889     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.511     Document Type: Article

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