Helminth communities of the exotic introduced turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans in southwestern Spain: Transmission from native turtles

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-465

  Hidalgo Vila, J ^a   Diaz Paniagua C ^a   Ribas, A ^b   Florencio, M ^a   Perez Santigosa N ^a   Casanova, J C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross transmission; Exotic turtles; Helminth communities; Native turtles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTIC SPECIES; HELMINTH; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURTLE; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; TURTLES; ZOONOSES;

EMYS ORBICULARIS; FALCAUSTRA; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; NEMATODA; PHYSALOPTERA; SERPINEMA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERMES;

EID: 64449084244     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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