Morphologic and molecular identifications of digenetic trematodes in double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) from the Mississippi Delta, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-49

  O'Hear, Mary ^a   Pote, Linda ^a   Yost, Marlena ^b   Doffitt, Cynthia ^c   King, Tommy ^d   Panuska, Carla ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Piedmont VA Community College   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digenean; Double crested Cormorant; Phalacrocorax auritus; Trematode

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MISSISSIPPI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892408553     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-10-249     Document Type: Article

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