Helminths infecting froglets of the Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) from Foggy Bottom Marsh, Michigan

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Gillilland, Merritt G ^a   Muzzall, Patrick M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Deformities; Froglet; Helminths; Michigan.; Nematoda; Northern leopard frog; Rana pipiens; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449787584     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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