Trichinella zimbabwensis in wild reptiles of Zimbabwe and Mozambique and farmed reptiles of Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Foggin, Chris M ^b   Gelanew, Tesfaye ^c   Marucci, Gianluca ^a   Hailu, Asrat ^c   Rossi, Patrizia ^a   Morales, Maria Angeles Gomez ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Wildlife Veterinary Unit   (Zimbabwe)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Farmed crocodile; Mozambique; Nile crocodile; Nile monitor lizard; Trichinella zimbabwensis; Wild reptiles; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MOZAMBIQUE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA ZIMBABWENSIS; WILD ANIMAL; ZIMBABWE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; ETHIOPIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MOZAMBIQUE; REPTILES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; ZIMBABWE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA ZIMBABWENSIS; VARANUS; VARANUS NILOTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846371491     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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