Helminths from a stranded manatee in the Dominican Republic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-71

  Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a,b   Williams Jr , Ernest H ^c   Toyos González, Gian M ^a   Pérez Padilla, Janice ^a   Rodríguez López, Marta A ^a,b   Vega Guerra, Monica B ^d   Ventura González, Margarita ^d  

^a Caribbean Stranding Network   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Acuario Nacional   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Endoparasites; Nematodes; Sirenia; Trematodes; Trichechus manatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMPHYSEMA; HELMINTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEMATODA; TREMATODA; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

CHIORCHIS FABACEUS; COCHLEOTREMA; COCHLEOTREMA COCHLEOTREMA; HETEROCHEILUS TUNICATUS; NEMATODA; OPISTHOTREMATIDAE; PARAMPHISTOMIDAE; SIRENIA; TREMATODA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VERMES;

EID: 0032908954     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00235-0     Document Type: Article

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