Distribution of Eurasian otter biliary parasites, Pseudamphistomum truncatum and Metorchis albidus (Family Opisthorchiidae), in England and Wales

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1015-1022

  Sherrard Smith, E ^a   Cable, J ^a   Chadwick, E A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lutra lutra; Metorchis albidus; Opisthorchiid; Pseudamphistomum truncatum; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; GALLBLADDER; GEOGRAPHY; METORCHIS ALBIDUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDAMPHISTOMUM TRUNCATUM; TREMATODE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; TREMATODIASIS;

LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; METORCHIS ALBIDUS; OPISTHORCHIIDA; OPISTHORCHIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; OTTERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; WALES;

EID: 70349564135     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006362     Document Type: Article

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