Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from eastern Colorado, an area of undefined prevalence

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 330-334

  Chavez, Deanna J ^a   LeVan, Ivy K ^b   Miller, Michael W ^b   Ballweber, Lora R ^a  

^a James L Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital   (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Cryptosporidium parvum; Cryptosporidium skunk gentoype; Giardia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RACCOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; COLORADO; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RACCOONS;

BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 84858281408     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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