Spirorchiidiosis (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) and lesions associated with parasites in Caribbean green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 482-486

  Santoro, M ^a   Morales, J A ^a   Rodriguez Ortiz B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIORCHIS; CHELONIA MYDAS; DIGENEA (FLUKES); HAPALOTREMA POSTORCHIS; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; LEAREDIUS LEAREDI; MONTICELLIUS; NEOSPIRORCHIS; OZOBRANCHIDAE; OZOBRANCHUS BRANCHIATUS; PRONOCEPHALIDAE; RHYTIDODIDAE; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 35349029868     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.14.482     Document Type: Article

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