Patterns of trematode and nematode lungworm infections in northern leopard frogs and wood frogs from Ontario, Canada

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-343

  Dare, O K ^a   Forbes, M R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FROG; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LUNG INFECTION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; WORM INFECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

HAEMATOLOECHUS; NEMATODA; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SYLVATICA; RANIDAE; RHABDIAS; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 77949656498     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09243495     Document Type: Article

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