Zoonotic parasites associated with felines from the Patagonian Holocene

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1177-1180

  Fugassa, Martín Horacio ^a   Beltrame, María Ornela ^a   Bayer, María S ^b   Sardella, Norma Haydée ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancient parasitism; Archaeological site; Feline coprolites; Middle Holocene; Paleoparasitology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CESTODA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EUCOLEUS; FELIDAE; MONOECOCESTUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; RODENTIA; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 72449207133     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800016     Document Type: Article

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