Lungworm (Otostrongylus circumlitus) infections in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from eastern Arctic Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2443-2448

  Bergeron, Emmanuelle ^a   Measures, Lena N ^a   Huot, Jean ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING; LUNGWORM; PARASITIC PREVALENCE; RINGED SEAL;

(EAST); CANADA; QUEBEC; SALLUIT;

ANIMALIA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; OTOSTRONGYLUS CIRCUMLITUS; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0031447968     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-153     Document Type: Article

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