Fatal pentastomiasis in captive African dwarf crocodile hatchlings (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 500-502

  Adams, Lance ^a,c   Isaza, Ramiro ^a   Greiner, Ellis ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Aquarium of the Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

African dwarf crocodile; Osteolaemus tetraspis; Pentastomiasis; Sebekia mississippiensis

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATALITY; FOOD CONTROL; GOLDFISH; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ARTHROPODS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATAL OUTCOME; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GOLDFISH; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

EID: 0042200302     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0500:FPICAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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