Helminth fauna of anurans from the Guinea savanna at New Bussa, Nigeria

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-136

  Aisien, S O ^a   Ayeni, F ^a   Ilechie, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Monogenea; Nematoda; Parasite prevalence; Parasites; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AFRICA; NEW BUSSA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCARIDOIDEA; BUFO; BUFO MACULATUS; BUFO REGULARIS; CAMALLANUS; CESTODA; EUPOLYSTOMA ALLUAUDI; HAEMATOLOECHUS; HAEMATOLOECHUS EXOTERORCHIS; HAEMATOLOECHUS MICRURUS; MESOCOELIUM; MICRURUS; MONOGENEA; NEMATODA; POLYSTOMA; RANA GALAMENSIS; REPTILIA; RHABDIAS BUFONIS; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 3242714876     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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