Parasites of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758) in Murcia, southeast Spain

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 331-335

  Martinez Carrasco C ^a   Ruiz De Ybanez M R ^a   Sagarminaga, J L ^a   Garijo, M M ^a   Moreno, F ^a   Acosta, I ^b   Hernandez S ^b   Alonso, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Ectoparasites; Helminths; Protozoa; Red fox; Spain; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CAPILLARIA; CESTODA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; EUCOLEUS AEROPHILUS; ISOSPORA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; JOYEUXIELLA PASQUALEI; MACRACANTHORHYNCHUS CATULINUS; MESOCESTOIDES LINEATUS; MESOCESTOIDES LITTERATUS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; PTERYGODERMATITES AFFINIS; PULEX IRRITANS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPILOPSYLLUS CUNICULI; TAENIA; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VERMES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34548583193     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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