A survey of entodiniomorphid ciliates in chimpanzees and bonobos

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Pomajbíková, Kateřina ^a   Petrželková, Klára J ^b,c   Profousová, Ilona ^a,b   Petrášová, Jana ^a,b   Kišidayová, Svetlana ^d   Varádyová, Zora ^d   Modrý, David ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^e INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Captivity; Entodiniomorphids; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Troglodytella abrassarti

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENTODINIOMORPHIDA; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; TROGLODYTELLA ABRASSARTI; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; APE DISEASES; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GORILLA GORILLA; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; UGANDA;

CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIOMORPHIDA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTELLA;

EID: 77950830702     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21191     Document Type: Article

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