Gastrointestinal helminths of feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-318

  Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Kazuo ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hikiiwa Park Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal helminth; Physaloptera; Procyon lotor; Strongyloides procyonis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELMINTH; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RACCOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; JAPAN; MALE; RACCOONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CENTRORHYNCHUS; CENTRORHYNCHUS TERES; CESTODA; CONTRACAECUM SPICULIGERUM; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; ISTHMIOPHORA; MACROORCHIS; MESOCESTOIDES; METAGONIMUS TAKAHASHII; MOLINEUS LEGERAE; NEMATODA; PHASMATODEA; PHYSALOPTERA; PLAGIORCHIS MURIS; PLAGIORHYNCHUS OGATAI; PORRORCHIS OTI; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SPHAERIROSTRIS LANCEOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 33646482555     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.68.311     Document Type: Article

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