Parasites of swift fox (Vulpes velox) from southeastern Colorado

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 476-479

  Miller, D S ^a,b,d   Campbell, B G ^b,e   McLean, R G ^c,f   Campos, E ^c   Covell, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Fort Wayne Children's Zoo   (United States)

^e EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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