First report of two Balantidium species from the Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus: Balantidium sinensis Nie 1935 and Balantidium andianusis n. sp.

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 605-611

  Li, Ming ^a,b   Wang, Jianguo ^a   Zhang, Jinyong ^a   Gu, Zemao ^c   Ling, Fei ^a,b   Ke, Xiaoli ^a,b   Gong, Xiaoning ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM ANDIANUSIS; BALANTIDIUM GIGANTEUM; BALANTIDIUM SINENSIS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAXONOMY; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; BALANTIDIUM; CHINA; FECES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANDRIAS DAVIDIANUS; BALANTIDIUM; CRYPTOBRANCHOIDEA; MYXOZOA; RANA NIGROMACULATA; RANA PLANCYI;

EID: 39749167777     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0795-1     Document Type: Article

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