Hymenolepis nana in pet store rodents

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-201

  Duclos, Laura M ^a   Richardson, Dennis J ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hymenolepis nana; Pets; Rodents; Survey; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

HYMENOLEPIS NANA;

EID: 0033898238     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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