Fleas and Lice Parasitizing Mammals in Missouri

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a,b   Durden, Lance A ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fleas; Host associations; Lice; Missouri; New state records

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLEA; INFESTATION; LOUSE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; LICE; MAMMALS; MICE; MISSOURI;

EID: 0031308542     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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