Screening for Trichinella britovi infection in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Southeastern France

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 223-225

  Aoun, Olivier ^a   Lacour, Sandrine A ^b   Levieuge, Aurélie ^c   Marié, Jean Lou ^c   Vallée, Isabelle ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^a,c  

^a Quartier Valmy   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c Working Group on Animal Epidemiology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84856060069     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.223     Document Type: Article

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