Parasites from Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) stranded in Hong Kong

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 776-780

  Parsons, E C M ^a   Overstreet, R M ^b   Jefferson, T A ^c,d  

^a Seaquest Tigh na Mara   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Ocean Park Conservation Foundation   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYPHAENIDAE; HALOCERCUS; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS; THORACICA; XENOBALANUS GLOBICIPITIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOLPHIN; HONG KONG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PORPOISE; THORACICA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; HONG KONG; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; PORPOISES; THORACICA;

EID: 0035939019     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.25.776     Document Type: Article

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