Patterns of gastrointestinal parasitism among five sympatric prairie carnivores: Are males reservoirs?

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-510

  Wirsing, Aaron J ^a   Azevedo, Fernando C C ^a,b   Larivière, Serge ^a,c   Murray, Dennis L ^a,d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARASITISM; PRAIRIE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; COYOTE; FOX; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; RACCOON; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; COYOTES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FOXES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; RACCOONS; SASKATCHEWAN; SEX FACTORS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIS; PROCYON; TAXIDEA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA; VULPES;

EID: 34447131464     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1067R.1     Document Type: Article

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