Survey of Helminth Lung Parasites of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Virginia, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-90

  Reichard, Mason V ^a   Caudell, Dave L ^a,b   Kocan, A Alan ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Lungworms; Lynx rufus; Metathelazia californica; Paragonimus kellicotti; Pulmonary parasites; Troglostrongylus wilsoni; Vogeloides felis

Indexed keywords

FELIS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARAGONIMUS; PARAGONIMUS KELLICOTTI; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS WILSONI; VERMES;

EID: 0842309244     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4086     Document Type: Article

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