Giardia in beaver (Castor canadensis) and nutria (Myocastor coypus) from east Texas

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1254-1258

  Dunlap, Brett G ^a   Thies, Monte L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; TROPHOZOITE; WILDLIFE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036939150     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1254:gibcca]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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