Robustostrongylus aferensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) in kob (Kobus kob) and hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus jacksoni) (Artiodactyla) from sub-saharan Africa, with further ruminations on the ostertagiinae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 702-717

  Hoberg, Eric P ^a   Abrams, Arthur ^a   Pilitt, Patricia A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; DEER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; AFRICANASTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CERVICAPRASTRONGYLUS; FEMALE; GENUS; HAMULONEMA; HYOSTRONGYLUS; LONGISTRONGYLUS; MALE; MARSHALLAGIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMARSHALLAGIA; ROBUSTOSTRONGYLUS; ROBUSTOSTRONGYLUS AFERENSIS; TAXONOMY; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; UGANDA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS JACKSONI; ARTIODACTYLA; HYOSTRONGYLUS; KOBUS; KOBUS KOB; MARSHALLAGIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIINAE; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; UNGULATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; FEMALE; MALE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 73949110097     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1859.1     Document Type: Article

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