Parasitic health of olive baboons in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Hope, Katharine ^a   Goldsmith, Michele L ^a   Graczyk, Thaddeus ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bwindi; Mountain gorillas; Olive baboons; Papio cynocephalus anubis; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BABOON; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GORILLA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HELMINTH; HYMENOLEPIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIMATE; RECORDING; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES; STRONGYLOIDES; TERNIDENS DIMINUTA; TRICHURIS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GORILLA GORILLA; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MONKEY DISEASES; PAPIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UGANDA;

ASCARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; GIARDIA; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PRIMATES; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHURIS;

EID: 2942536303     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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