Cosmocercoides variabilis (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) Populations in the Eastern American Toad, Bufo a. americanus (Salienta: Bufonidae), from Western West Virginia

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-105

  Joy, James E ^a   Bunten, Carole A ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo; Cosmocercoides; Nematode sex ratios; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742557893     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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