Observations on the leech Placobdella ornata feeding from bony tissues of turtles

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1186-1188

  Siddall, Mark E ^a   Gaffney, Eugene S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEECH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING; FEMALE; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PLACOBDELLA ORNATA; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEECHES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

EID: 13844298060     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-277R     Document Type: Article

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