Synlophe structure in pseudomarshallagia elongata (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea), abomasal parasites among ethiopian ungulates, with consideration of other morphological attributes and differentiation within the ostertagiinae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Hoberg, Eric P ^a   Kumsa, Bersissa ^a,b   Pilitt, Patricia A ^a   Abrams, Arthur ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHEEP; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN BANK;

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PSEUDOMARSHALLAGIA ELONGATA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNGULATE;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; STOMACH DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIINAE; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; UNGULATA;

EID: 77953585884     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2204.1     Document Type: Article

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