A new species of trichostrongyloid in African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) (Artiodactyla: Bovinae) from Uganda

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-136

  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

CATTLE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES;

AFRICANASTRONGYLUS GIGANTICUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX; VULVA;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; FEMALE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVINAE; BUCEROS; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIINAE; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 77950441132     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2122     Document Type: Article

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