Analysis of serum and whole blood values in relation to helminth and ectoparasite infections of feral pigs in Texas

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 385-394

  Shender, Lisa A ^a   Botzler, Richard G ^a   George, T Luke ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Blood serum; Helminths; Physiological ecology; Pigs; Sus scrofa; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FASCIOLOIDES MAGNA; IXODIDA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; METASTRONGYLUS; METASTRONGYLUS SALMI; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUS; SUS SCROFA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TEXAS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036545375     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.385     Document Type: Article

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