Parasites of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from an urban area in Germany, in relation to worldwide results

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4255-4266

  Frank, Raphael ^a   Kuhn, Thomas ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b   Rueckert, Sonja ^c   Pham, Daniel ^a,d   Klimpel, Sven ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEYLETIELLA PARASITIVORAX; CITTOTAENIA DENTICULATA; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; FAUNA; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAPHIDIUM STRIGOSUM; HAEMODIPSUS VENTRICOSUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES RICINUS; LEPORACARUS GIBBUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSALURUS AMBIGUUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPILOPSYLLUS CUNICULI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; URBAN AREA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CITIES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; PARASITES; RABBITS;

EID: 84890247797     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3617-7     Document Type: Article

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