Intestinal parasites of baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Gombe National Park

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-178

  Murray, Suzan ^a,c   Stem, Chip ^a,d   Boudreau, Barbara ^a,e   Goodall, Jane ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^c Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Boston Road Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Chimpanzee; Gombe National Park; Internal parasites; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MONKEY DISEASE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; MONKEY DISEASES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034207612     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0176:IPOBPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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