Trichinella zimbabwensis in wild Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) of South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 88-91

  La Grange, Louis J ^a   Marucci, Gianluca ^b   Pozio, Edoardo ^b  

^a Department of Agriculture and Land Administration ^*  (South Africa)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nile crocodile; South Africa; Tail biopsy; Trichinella zimbabwensis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH SURVEY; LARVA; MALE; MAMMAL; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPTILE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA ZIMBABWENSIS;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; LARVA; LIZARDS; MAMMALS; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SNAKES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA ZIMBABWENSIS;

EID: 62849084764     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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