Gastrointestinal helminth of free-ranging Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi) and the efficacy of the current anthelmintic treatment protocol

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 402-406

  Foster, Garry W ^a   Cunningham, Mark W ^b   Kinsella, John M ^a   McLaughlin, Grace ^a,c   Forrester, Donald J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Florida; Florida panther; Helminths; Parasites; Puma concolor coryi

Indexed keywords

ALARIA (TREMATODE); ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES; NEMATODA; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI; SPIROMETRA; SPIROMETRA MANSONOIDES; TAENIA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHELMINTICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748253047     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.402     Document Type: Article

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