Parasitic helminths and arthropods of greater shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) from Florida

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Foster, Garry W ^a   Kinsella, John M ^a   Price, Roger D ^b   Mertins, James W ^c   Forrester, Donald J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Chewing lice; Florida; Greater shearwater; Mites; Nematodes; Prevalences; Puffinus gravis; Survey; Ticks

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042865124     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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