Paleoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites in holocenic samples from patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 646-651

  Sardella, Norma H ^a   Fugassa, Martín H ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; HOLOCENE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COPROLITE; EUCOLEUS; FECES; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASPIDODERA; RODENT; TRICHURIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ASCARID INFECTION; ASCARIDOIDEA; ENOPLID INFECTION; ENOPLIDA; FOSSIL; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYTE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; TRICHURIASIS;

ARGENTINA; PERITO MORENO NATIONAL PARK; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

ASPIDODERIDAE; CTENOMYS; NEMATODA; PARASPIDODERA; RODENTIA; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ENOPLIDA; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FECES; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OVUM; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 73949092359     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1809.1     Document Type: Article

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