Prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in five marine mammal species

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1225-1228

  Hughes Hanks, J M ^a   Rickard, L G ^a   Panuska, C ^a   Saucier, J R ^b   O'Hara, T M ^c,d   Dehn, L ^e   Rolland, R M ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal General Hospital   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PINNIPED; WHALE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEAL; WHALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BELUGA WHALE; BOWHEAD WHALE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEALS, EARLESS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; GIARDIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 28444451864     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-545R.1     Document Type: Article

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