Effects of Protostrongylus sp. and Pneumocystis sp. on the pulmonary tissue and the condition of mountain and brown hares from Finland

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 780-787

  Laakkonen, Juha ^a   Nyyssönen, Tuomo ^b   Hiltunen, Matti ^c   Kauhala, Kaarina ^c   Nikander, Sven ^d   Soveri, Timo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hares; Histopathology; Lungworm; Nematode

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PROTOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 33846907557     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.780     Document Type: Article

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