Diagnosis and Treatment of Trichospirura leptostoma Infection in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-55

  Hawkins, James V ^a   Clapp, Neal K ^b   Carson, Robert L ^b   Henke, Marsha A ^b   Mccracken, Malcolm D ^c   Faulkner, Charles T ^c   Patton, Sharon ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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