Parasites in pet reptiles

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rataj, Aleksandra V ^a   Lindtner Knific, Renata ^a   Vlahović, Ksenija ^b   Mavri, Urška ^c   Dovč, Alenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; NEMATODA; PENTASTOMIDA; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARI; ALVEOLATA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLY; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SLOVENIA; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURTLE;

ACARI; ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIZARDS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PETS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SLOVENIA; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURTLES;

EID: 84855277381     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-53-33     Document Type: Article

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