Echinostome infection in green frogs (Rana clamitans) is stage and age dependent

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Holland, Manja P ^a,b   Skelly, D K ^a,b   Kashgarian, M ^b   Bolden, S R ^a   Harrison, L M ^c   Cappello, M ^c  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinostoma revolutum; Emerging infectious disease; Mortality; Rana clamitans; Tadpoles; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; FROG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITIC DISEASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA REVOLUTUM; RANA CLAMITANS; TREMATODA;

EID: 33947251752     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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