A comparison of the intestinal helminth communities of equidae in southern Africa

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1263-1273

  Matthee, Sonja ^a   Krecek, Rosina C ^a,b   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARASITE; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DATA ANALYSIS; DONKEY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HELMINTH; HORSE; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WORM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14244250846     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3353     Document Type: Article

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