Do patterns of helminth parasitism differ between groups of wild-living cats in Scotland?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Delahay, R J ^a,d   Daniels, M J ^b   Macdonald, D W ^b   McGuire, K ^e   Balharry, D ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Feral cats; Parasites; Scotland; Wildcats

Indexed keywords

CAT; HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP; PARASITISM;

UK, SCOTLAND;

CESTODA; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

EID: 0031927003     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998006050     Document Type: Article

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