A 12-month survey of the gastro-intestinal helminths of antelopes, gazelles and giraffids kept at two zoos in Belgium

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 303-312

  Goossens, Els ^a,b,c   Dorny, Pierre ^a,b   Boomker, Joop ^d   Vercammen, Francis ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antelope; Camelostrongylus mentulatus; Gastro intestinal nematodes; Gazelles; Trichostrongylus retortaeformis; Zoo ruminants

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTELOPE; BELGIUM; CAMELOSTRONGYLUS MENTULATUS; CAPILLARIA; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS TAURINUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAZELLA LEPTOCEROS; GAZELLE; GIRAFFE CAMELOPARDALIS ANTIQUORUM; GIRAFFID; GRAZING; HELMINTH; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS FILLICOLIS; NONHUMAN; OKAPIA JOHNSTONI; ORYX DAMMAH; ORYX LEUCORYX; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; TAUROTRAGUS ORYX; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCEROS ISAACI; TRAGELAPHUS SPEKII GRATUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; TRICHURIS; WORM;

EID: 13844270839     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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