Absence of trypanosomes in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 526-527

  Gjerde, B ^a   Derocher, A E ^b   Wiig, O ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSUS MARITIMUS;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NORWAY; TRYPANOSOMA; URSIDAE;

EID: 0033619360     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.18.526     Document Type: Article

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