Metacercariae of Clinostomum complanatum (Trematoda: Digenea) in European newts Triturus carnifex and Lissotriton vulgaris (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 278-285

  Caffara, M ^a   Bruni, G ^b   Paoletti, C ^c   Gustinelli, A ^a   Fioravanti, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Private Veterinary Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADULT; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CLINOSTOMUM COMPLANATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LISSOTRITON VULGARIS; MALE; METACERCARIA; METAMORPHOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; SEXUAL MATURITY; TREMATODE; TRITURUS CARNIFEX; VETERINARY CLINIC; WATER SUPPLY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SALAMANDRIDAE; TREMATODIASIS; VETERINARY; EUROPEAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POND; PREDATION; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ITALY; METACERCARIAE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CAUDATA; CLINOSTOMUM COMPLANATUM; DIGENEA (FLUKES); SALAMANDRIDAE; TREMATODA; TRITURUS CARNIFEX;

EID: 84881149655     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X13000151     Document Type: Article

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