First report of Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines: Chelonidae) from Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 455-456

  Werneck, M R ^a   Gallo, B M G ^a   Da Silva, R J ^b  

^a Reserva Biológica de Santa Isabel   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HEART; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; MONTICELLIUS; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 48149106933     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842008000200033     Document Type: Note

References (4)

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