Coprological study on helminth fauna in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from the Białowieża Primeval Forest in eastern Poland

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 981-984

  Szczesna J ^a   Popiolek M ^a   Schmidt, K ^b   Kowalczyk, R ^b  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; COPROLITE; EGG; FECES; FELID; FLATWORM; FOOD INTAKE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ALARIA ALATA; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CESTODE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; EUCOLEUS AEROPHILUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTH; LYNX; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIROMETRA; TAENIA; TOXOCARA CATI; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; LYNX; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ALARIA ALATA; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; CESTODA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; EUCOLEUS AEROPHILUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; METASTRONGYLUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; SPIROMETRA; TAENIIDAE; TOXOCARA CATI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 51449117883     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1440.1     Document Type: Article

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