Helminths of saiga antelope in Kazakhstan: Implications for conservation and livestock production

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-162

  Morgan, Eric R ^a,b,f   Shaikenov, Blok ^c   Torgerson, Paul R ^b,d   Medley, Graham F ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematodes; Host specificity; Marshallagia spp.; Nematodirus gazellae; Saiga tatarica; Wildlife livestock boundary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; BOVIDAE; CESTODA; MARSHALLAGIA; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SAIGA; SAIGA TATARICA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 18444413543     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.1.149     Document Type: Article

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