First report of acanthocheilonema spirocauda in the mediterranean monk seal (monachus monachus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 570-573

  Papadopoulos, E ^a   Loukopoulos, P ^a   Komnenou, A ^a   Androukaki, E ^b   Karamanlidis, A A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema spirocauda; Conservation; Endangered species; Greece; Monachus monachus; Monk seal

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA SPIROCAUDA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MAMMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS; NEMATODA; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DIPETALONEMA; DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DIPETALONEMA; DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 77952411424     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.570     Document Type: Article

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