Site selection by intestinal helminths of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis Virginiana)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Ellis, R Darrell ^a   Pung, Oscar J ^a   Richardson, Dennis J ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CECUM; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; OPOSSUMS; PREVALENCE; STOMACH;

EID: 0033006340     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285690     Document Type: Article

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