Rodentolepis fraterna: The cause of mortality in a new host, the Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 62-64

  Hill, N J ^a   Rose, K ^b   Deane, E M ^a   Old, J M ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Zoological Parks Board of NSW   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Hymenolepis; Laboratory animal; Notomys alexis; Rodentolepis fraterna; Spinifex hopping mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CESTODIASIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HYMENOLEPIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; MURINAE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS (CESTODA); NOTOMYS ALEXIS; RODENTOLEPIS;

EID: 33847080873     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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