Intestinal helminths of capybaras, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, from Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 563-566

  Salas, Viviana ^a,b   Herrera, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Bioparques   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Capybara; Helminths; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Intestinal; Overdispersion; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYDROCHOERUS HYDROCHAERIS; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; TREMATODE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; HIPPOCREPIS; HYDROCHAERIS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MONOECOCESTUS; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 7744226886     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000600004     Document Type: Article

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