Morphology and life history of Petasiger variospinosus (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in the Free State, South Africa

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 312-318

  King, Pieter H ^a   Van As, J G ^a,b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHINOSTOMA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; SOUTH AFRICA; TAXONOMY;

FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS TROPICUS; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PETASIGER; PETASIGER VARIOSPINOSUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AFRICANUS; PHRAGMITES; TREMATODA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034127715     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0312:malhop]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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