A survey of internal parasites in free-ranging african wild dogs (lycaon pictus) fromKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Flacke, Gabriella ^a   Spiering, Penny ^b,c   Cooper, Dave ^d   Szykman Gunther, Micaela ^b,e   Robertson, Ian ^a   Palmer, Carlysle ^a   Warren, Kristin ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^e HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Babesia canis; Dipylidium caninum; Ehrlichia canis; internal parasites; Isospora; Sarcocystis; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAN; RANGE EXPANSION; SURVEY; TRANSLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANCYLOSTOMA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ISOSPORA; LYCAON PICTUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 79953154247     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.040.0210     Document Type: Article

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