Estimated prevalence of echinococcus multilocularis in raccoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides in northern Brandenburg, Germany

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 655-661

  Schwarz, Sabine ^a   Sutor, Astrid ^a   Staubach, Christoph ^a   Mattis, Roswitha ^a   Tackmann, Kirsten ^a   Conraths, Franz Josef ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Germany; Invasive species; Raccoon dog; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79961155814     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.5.655     Document Type: Article

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