Gastrointestinal protozoa in non-human primates of four zoological gardens in Belgium

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 236-246

  Levecke, Bruno ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^a,b   Geurden, Thomas ^a   Vercammen, Francis ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal protozoa; Host species susceptibility; Non human primates; Prevalence; Zoological gardens

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ETHER;

APE; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIUM COLI; BELGIUM; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; DIARRHEA; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GIARDIA; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IODAMOEBA BUTSCHLII; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; PROTOZOON; STRONGYLOIDES; TAXONOMY; TRICHURIS; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUKARYOTA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BALANTIDIUM COLI; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; STREPSIRHINI; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHURIS;

EID: 34547943244     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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