Evidence of experimental postcyclic transmission of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in bonytail chub (Gila elegans)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 202-204

  Hansen, Scott P ^a,c   Choudhury, Anindo ^b   Cole, Rebecca A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITIC DISEASE; PREDATION;

ARTICLE; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CESTODE; COPEPOD; FISH; GILA ELEGANS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREDATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; CYPRINIFORMES; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CESTODA; COPEPODA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; GILA ELEGANS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COPEPODA; CYPRINIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; FISH DISEASES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

EID: 33947676185     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-686R.1     Document Type: Article

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