Population distribution of Ochoterenella digiticauda (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) and Mesocoelium monas (Digenea: Brachycoeliidae) in naturally infected Bufo marinus (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Jamaica

Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 457-461

  Wong, M S ^a   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 84974173372     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000055451     Document Type: Article

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