Gastrointestinal parasites of free-ranging colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis palliatus) in Kwale District, Kenya coast

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-412

  Okanga, Sharon ^a   Muchemi, Gerald ^b   Maingi, Nicholas ^b   Mogoa, Eddy ^b   Munene, Elphas ^c  

^a Lafarge Eco Systems Ltd   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; PARASITE; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KWALE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS PALLIATUS; COLOBUS SP.;

EID: 33748155818     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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