Parasites of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale Penicillata)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-228

  Barnes, Tamsin S ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Morton, John M ^a   Coleman, Glen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brush tailed rock wallaby; Coccidia; Ectoparasite; Fecal egg count; Macropodid; Petrogale penicillata; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BREINLIA; COCCIDIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HETERODOXUS; IXODES; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODIDA; MACROPODIDAE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PROTISTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; ECTOPARASITOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FECES; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77449111117     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.218     Document Type: Article

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