First record of metacestodes of Mesocestoides sp. in the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in Europe, with an 18S rDNA characterisation of the isolate

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Literák, Ivan ^a   Olson, Peter D ^b   Georgiev, Boyko B ^c   Špakulová, Marta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^d PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Birds; Cestoda; Mesocestoides; Metacestodes; Sturnus vulgaris; Tetrathyridia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; AVES; CESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; LACERIA AGILIS; MAMMALIA; MESOCESTOIDES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERMES;

EID: 1842536460     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2004.006     Document Type: Article

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