Cuterebra myiasis in a group of red kangaroos (megaleia rufa), a bennett's wallaby (macropus rufogriseus fruticus), and a gunther's dik dik (maloqua guentheri smithi)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 124-128

  Suedmeyer, Wm Kirk ^a   Catts, E Paul ^b   Greiner, Ellis ^c  

^a Kansas City Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bennett's wallaby; Cuterebra; Gunther's dik dik; Macropus rufogriseus fruticus; Maloqua guntheri smithi; Megaleia rufa; Myiasis; Red kangaroo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLY; LARVA; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTELOPES; DIPTERA; FEMALE; LARVA; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MYIASIS;

EID: 0034149275     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0124:CMIAGO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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