Two new helminth parasites from Pakistan, with redescription of the acanthocephalan Centrorhynchus fasciatum (Westrumb, 1821)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Bilqees, Fatima Mujib ^a,b   Khan, Aly ^c  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Butastur teesa; Carpodacus sp.; Centrorhynchus fasciatum; Eumegacetus nickoli n.sp.; Serrasentis manazo n.sp.; Trematode

Indexed keywords

PARASITE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AVES; BUTASTUR TEESA; CARPODACUS; CENTRORHYNCHUS; SERRASENTIS; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 31644447512     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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