Coprologic survey of parasites of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 224-227

  Engh, Anne L ^a   Nelson, Keith G ^b   Peebles, Robert ^a   Hernandez, Alexander D ^c   Hubbard, Karen K ^a   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Crocuta crocuta; Kenya; Parasites; Spirometra; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DIPYLIDIUM; ISOSPORA; MESOCESTOIDES; SPIROMETRA; SPIRURIDA; TAENIIDAE; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FECES; INTESTINE INFECTION; KENYA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0141958585     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.224     Document Type: Article

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