Intestinal helminths of spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus) from St Katherine's Protectorate in the Sinai, Egypt

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-43

  Behnke, J M ^a   Barnard, C J ^a   Mason, N ^a   Harris, P D ^a   Sherif, N E ^b   Zalat, S ^b   Gilbert, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPICULURIS; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CESTODE; DENTOSTOMELLA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; FECES ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HELMINTH; HYMENOLEPIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; MASTOPHORUS; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOSPIRURA; RODENTOLEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES; SYPHACIA;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ANIMALIA; ASPICULURIS; ASPICULURIS AFRICANA; CESTODA; DENTOSTOMELLA; DENTOSTOMELLA KUNTZI; HYMENOLEPIDIDAE; MASTOPHORUS; MASTOPHORUS MURIS; NEMATODA; OXYUROIDAE; OXYUROIDEA; PROTOSPIRURA; PROTOSPIRURA MURICOLA; RODENTOLEPIS; RODENTOLEPIS NEGEVI; SPINY; SPIRURIDAE; SYPHACIA; SYPHACIA MINUTA; VERMES;

EID: 0034118042     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00000056     Document Type: Article

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