Ocurrence of Philophthalmus gralli (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) in farmed ostriches in Brazil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1241-1242

  Verocai, Guilherme Gomes ^a   Lopes, Lauro Nogueira ^b   Burlini, Leonardo ^a   Correia, Thaís Ribeiro ^c   de Souza, Clarissa Pimentel ^a   Coumendouros, Katherina ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Autonomous Veterinarian   (Brazil)

^c Doutora em Ciências Veterinárias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Conjunctivitis; Eye fluke; Ostriches; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EYE; MALE; OSTRICH; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; EYE; MALE; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AVES; PHILOPHTHALMIDAE; PHILOPHTHALMUS GRALLI; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TREMATODA;

EID: 70350324540     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9306-y     Document Type: Article

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