Gastrointestinal parasites of the colobus monkeys of Uganda

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 569-573

  Gillespie, Thomas R ^a,b   Greiner, Ellis C ^a,c   Chapman, Collin A ^a,d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM NITRATE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BERTIELLA; CESTODE; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; DICROCOELIUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PILIOCOLOBUS TEPHROSCELES; PROTOZOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES FULLEBORNI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; COLOBUS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

ASCARIS SP.; BERTIELLA; CESTODA; COLOBENTEROBIUS; COLOBUS; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; COLOBUS SP.; ENTAMOEBA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PILIOCOLOBUS; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES FUELLEBORNI; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 22244432225     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-434R     Document Type: Article

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