Parasites found in faeces of Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand following treatment with mebendazole, with observations on Pfenderius papillatus (Cobbold, 1882) Stiles and Goldberger, 1910 by scanning electron microscopy

Helminthologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Carreno, R A ^a,d   Neimanis, A S ^a   Lindsjo J ^b   Thongnoppakun, P ^c   Barta, J R ^a   Peregrine, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Thai Soc Conserv of Wild Animals ^*  (Sweden)

^c Thai Soc Conserv of Wild Animals   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephas maximus; Mebendazole; Murshidia; Parasites; Pfenderius papillatus; Quilonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346409051     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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