Gastrointestinal helminths of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in south-central Connecticut, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-185

  Richardson, Dennis J ^a   Campo, Joanna D ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachylaima didelphis; Brachylaima virginiana; Capillaria; Cruzia Americana; Didelphis virginiana; Didelphodiplostomum variabile; Mesocestoides; Physaloptera turgida; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

BRACHYLAIMA; BRACHYLAIMA VIRGINIANA; CAPILLARIA; CESTODA; CRUZIA AMERICANA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DIDELPHODIPLOSTOMUM; MESOCESTOIDES; NEMATODA; PHYSALOPTERA TURGIDA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 24944520147     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4189     Document Type: Article

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