Coprological analyses on apparently healthy Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) from two Swiss colonies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 382-389

  Marreros, Nelson ^a   Frey, Caroline F ^a   Willisch, Christian S ^b,d   Signer, Claudio ^c   Ryser Degiorgis, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c Hunting and Fishing Services of the Canton of Grisons   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine ibex; Baseline data; Capra ibex ibex; Coprology; Endoparasites; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPRA IBEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYSTOCAULUS; EIMERIA; ENDOPARASITE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUELLERIUS; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWITZERLAND;

AGING; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HELMINTHS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX IBEX; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; EIMERIA; MARSHALLAGIA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MUELLERIUS; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 84860240006     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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