Parasitic helminths from feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Japan

Helminthologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-146

  Matoba, Y ^a   Yamada, D ^b   Asano, M ^c   Oku, Y ^b   Kitaura, K ^d   Yagi, K ^e   Tenora, F ^f   Asakawa, M ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Japan; Parasitic helminths; Procyon lotor

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; AONCHOTHECA PUTORII; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; BRACHYLAIMA; CENTRORHYNCHUS; CENTRORHYNCHUS BAZALETICUS; EUPARYPHIUM; METAGONIMUS TAKAHASHII; MOLINEUS LEGERAE; PLAGIORCHIS MURIS; PLAGIORHYNCHIDAE; PORROCAECUM; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA TANUKI; VERMES;

EID: 33845274045     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-006-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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