A Nearctic parasite in a Palearctic host: Parelaphostrongylus andersoni (Nematoda; Protostrongylidae) infecting semi-domesticated reindeer in Alaska

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-123

  Verocai, Guilherme G ^a   Lejeune, Manigandan ^a   Finstad, Greg L ^b   Kutz, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Animal translocation; Caribou; Muscleworm; Protostrongylidae; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888061382     PISSN: 22132244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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