Gastric Ollulanus tricuspis infection identified in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with chronic vomiting

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-255

  Collett, M G ^a   Pomroy, W E ^a   Guilford, W G ^a   Johnstone, A C ^a   Blanchard, B J ^b   Mirams, S G ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington Zoological Gardens   (New Zealand)

^c AllVet Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cheetah; Gastritis; Ill thrift; Nematoda; Ollulanus tricuspis; Parasitology; Pathology; Vomiting; Wildlife; Zoological garden

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ARMERIA; FELIS CATUS; HELICOBACTER; NEMATODA; OLLULANUS;

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEETAH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VOMITING;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; MALE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0034572182     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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