Morphometric and molecular characterization of the species of Uncinaria Frölich, 1789 (Nematoda) parasitic in the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber), with notes on hookworms in three other pinniped hosts

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-78

  Ramos, Paul ^a   Lynch, Michael ^a   Hu, Min ^b,c   Arnould, John P Y ^d   Norman, Richard ^b,e   Beveridge, Ian ^b  

^a ZOOS VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84876424383     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-013-9407-x     Document Type: Article

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