Eighteen-year study of south australian dolphins shows variation in lung nematodes by season, year, age class, and location

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 488-498

  Tomo, Ikuko ^a,b   Kemper, Catherine M ^a   Lavery, Trish J ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delphinus delphis; Host age; Lung worm; Pseudaliidae; Seasonality; South Australia; Tursiops aduncus; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; HALOCERCUS; NEMATODA; PSEUDALIIDAE; STENURUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COMMON DOLPHIN; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; COMMON DOLPHINS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952340498     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.488     Document Type: Article

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