A new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Diprotodontia: Phalangeridae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-132

  O'Callaghan, Michael G ^a   O'Donoghue, Peter J ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Coccidia; Eimeria; Eimeria trichosuri sp. nov; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041691379     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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