Morphological variability in Fasciola hepatica eggs in ruminants, rodents and lagomorphs

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-317

  Abrous, M ^a   Comes, A M ^b   Gasnier, N ^b,c   Rondelaud, D ^a   Dreyfuss, G ^d   Chauvin, A ^e   Menard A ^e   Agoulon, A ^e   Cabaret, J ^b  

^a FR 3503 GEIST EA 1069 Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles GDR CNRS 3049 Faculte de Ph   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGG; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FRANCE; GERMANY; HOST; LAGOMORPH; MIRACIDIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; RODENT; SHEEP; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; LAGOMORPHA; MARTES PENNANTI; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032423743     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00016667     Document Type: Article

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