Hepatic Calodium hepaticum (nematoda) infection in a zoo colony of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-374

  Landolfi, Jennifer A ^a   Karim, Baktiar O ^a   Poynton, Sarah L ^a   Mankowski, Joseph L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dogs; Calodium hepaticum; Capillaria hepatica; Cynomys ludovicianus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPILLARIA; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; HEPATICA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 1642298146     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-095     Document Type: Article

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