Helminth and arthropod parasites of the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, in Puerto Rico, with a compilation of all metazoan parasites reported from this host in the Western Hemisphere

Avian Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Dyer, W G ^a   Williams Jr , E H ^b   Mignucci Giannoni, A A ^c   Jimenez Marrero N M ^d   Bunkley Williams, L ^e   Moore, D P ^f   Pence, D B ^g  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (Puerto Rico)

^d Caribbean Field Office   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f Caribbean Ctr for Advanced Studies   (Puerto Rico)

^g TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOSIS; PUERTO RICO; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CESTODA; COLPOCEPHALUM; CONTRACAECUM; CONTRACAECUM MULTIPAPILLATUM; EUSTRONGYLIDES; GALACTOSOMUM; INVERTEBRATA; MESOSTEPHANUS APPENDICULATOIDES; METAZOA; NEMATODA; ORNITHODOROS CAPENSIS; PELECANUS; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; RIBEIROIA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0036801560     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307945021000005815     Document Type: Article

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