Gastric cryptosporidiosis in a wild frilled lizard from Australia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 807-810

  Orós, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez, José Luis ^a   Patterson Kane, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Chlamydosaurus kingi; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium sp.; Frilled lizard

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; LIZARDS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 0032177743     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.807     Document Type: Article

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