Helminths of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Denmark

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 168-179

  Saeed, I ^a   Maddox Hyttel, C ^b   Monrad, J ^a   Kapel, C M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cestode; Denmark; Epidemiology; Helminths; Nematode; Red fox; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; AUTOPSY; CAPILLARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTH; MESOCESTOIDEA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CESTODA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOXES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MALE; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TREMATODA;

ALARIA ALATA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CAPILLARIA; CESTODA; CRENOSOMA VULPIS; CRYPTOCOTYLE LINGUA; ECHINOCHASMUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MESOCESTOIDES; PLICA; POLYMORPHUS SP.; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIIDAE; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS VULPIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VERMES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33646850892     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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