Rameshwarotrema uterocrescens trematode parasitism of the oesophageal glands in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 59-60

  Santoro, M ^a   Morales, J A ^a   Stacy, B ^b   Greiner, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHARAXICEPHALUS; COSTA RICA; CRICOCEPHALUS; DESMOGONIUS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RAMESHWAROTREMA CHELONII; RAMESHWAROTREMA UTEROCRESCENS; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; TURTLE;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; TREMATODA;

EID: 33846616439     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.2.59     Document Type: Article

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