Giardiasis in pinnipeds from eastern Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 779-782

  Measures, Lena N ^a   Olson, Merle ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Giardia sp; Marine mammals; Pinnipeds; Seals; Survey; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHOCA; PREVALENCE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CANADA; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEALS, EARLESS; WHALES;

EID: 0033203408     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.779     Document Type: Article

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