Phenotypes of intermediate forms of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in buffaloes from Central Punjab, Pakistan

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 417-426

  Afshan, K ^a,b   Valero, M A ^a   Qayyum, M ^b   Peixoto, R V ^a   Magraner, A ^a   Mas Coma, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; BURKINA FASO; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; WORM EGG; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FASCIOLA; GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; PAKISTAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908607480     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X13000369     Document Type: Article

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