Parasites (viruses, coccidia and helminths) of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) introduced to Canary Islands from Iberian Peninsula

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-84

  Foronda, Pilar R ^a   Figueruelo, Elena O ^a   Ortega, Antonio R ^a   Abreu, Néstor A ^a   Casanova, Juan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Coccidia; Helminths; Viruses; Wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANDRYA CUNICULI; COCCIDIA; CTENOIDES; EIMERIA; MOSGOVOYIA; MOSGOVOYIA CTENOIDES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PASSALURUS; PASSALURUS AMBIGUUS; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; VERMES;

EID: 17144402570     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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