Parasitic Helminths of Black Bear Cubs (Ursus americanus) from Florida

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-175

  Foster, Garry W ^a   Cunningham, Mark W ^b   Kinsella, John M ^a   Forrester, Donald J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ENDOPARASITE; NEW RECORD; PARASITE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIS TRANSFUGA; BEAR; BRACHYLAIMA VIRGINIANUM; HELMINTH; MACRACANTHORHYNCHUS INGENS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES; TREMATODE; UNITED STATES; URSUS AMERICANUS;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MALE; NEMATODA; PREVALENCE; TREMATODA; URSIDAE;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANIMALIA; BAYLISASCARIS TRANSFUGA; BRACHYLAIMA; MACRACANTHORHYNCHUS; MACRACANTHORHYNCHUS INGENS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES; TREMATODA; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; VERMES;

EID: 1442323903     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-127R     Document Type: Article

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