Surveillance of endoparasitic infections and the first report of Physaloptera sp. and Sarcocystis spp. in farm rodents and shrews in central Taiwan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-47

  Tung, Kwong Chung ^a   Hsiao, Fun Chun ^a   Yang, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Chou, Chi Chung ^a   Lee, Wei Ming ^a   Wang, Kai Sung ^c   Lai, Cheng Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Livestock Disease Control Center of Taichung County   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoparasites; Rodents; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CESTODE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PREVALENCE; RAT; SARCOCYSTIS; SHREW; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RATS; SARCOCYSTIS; SHREWS; SPIRUROIDEA; TAIWAN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; CESTODA; CRASSICAUDA; GONGYLONEMA; HETERAKIS SPUMOSA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; PHYSALOPTERA; PROTOZOA; RAILLIETINA CELEBENSIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SORICIDAE; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; SUNCUS MURINUS; SYPHACIA; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TRICHURUS;

EID: 62149125175     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.43     Document Type: Article

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