Lethal ozolaimus megatyphlon infection in a green iguana (Iguana iguana rhinolopa)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-134

  Loukopoulos, Panayiotis ^a   Komnenou, Anastasia ^a   Papadopoulos, Elias ^b   Psychas, Vassilios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Parasitology Laboratory

Author keywords

Iguana; Imported species; Nematode; New companion animal; Ozolaimus megatyphlon; Parasitic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IGUANAS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; OXYURIDAE; OZOLAIMUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34047128201     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2006-0018R.1     Document Type: Review

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