The parasites of giant pandas: Individual-based measurement in wild animals

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-171

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Yang, Xuyu ^c   Wu, Hua ^a   Gu, Xiaodong ^c   Hu, Yibo ^a   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Sichuan Forestry Department   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Individual identification; Parasite; Sample bias

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; BAYLISASCARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHINA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URSIDAE;

EID: 79952275554     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.164     Document Type: Article

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