Abbreviata terrapenis (Nematoda: Phsysalopteridae): An accidental parasite of the banded rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus klauberi)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 453-456

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Holycross, Andrew T ^c  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviata terrapenis; Accidental parasite; Banded rock rattlesnake; Crotalus lepidus klauberi; Nematode

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS LEPIDUS; CROTALUS LEPIDUS KLAUBERI; NEMATODA; PHYSALOPTERIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CROTALUS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; SPIRURIDA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036547688     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.453     Document Type: Article

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