Comparative pathology of parasitic infections in free-ranging and captive pit vipers (Bothrops jararaca)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 559-562

  Fernandes Grego, K ^a   Gardiner, C H ^b   Catao Dias J L ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Veterinary Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOOKWORM; HUMIDITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; CROTALINAE; KALICEPHALUS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; RHABDIAS; SERPENTES; STRONGYLOIDEA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 2442650095     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.18.559     Document Type: Article

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