Cerebral cysticercosis in a woodchuck (Marmota monax)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 621-624

  Brojer C M ^a   Peregrine, A S ^a   Barker, I K ^a   Carreno, R A ^a   Post, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Wildcare Wildl Rehab Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case report; Cerebral cysticercosis; Cysticercus; Marmota monax; Metacestodes; Taenia crassiceps; Woodchuck

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MONAX; SCIURIDAE; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CYSTICERCUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCIURIDAE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYSTICERCUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MARMOTA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SKULL;

EID: 0041367042     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.621     Document Type: Article

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