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Potential role of beavers (Castor fiber) in contamination of water in the Masurian Lake District (north-eastern Poland) with protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis

Journal of Veterinary Research
Volume 59 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bvip-2015-0033 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608
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Language: English
Page range: 219 - 228
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2015
Accepted on: Jun 8, 2015
Published on: Jul 3, 2015
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
beavers,
Giardia,
Cryptosporidium,
Masurian lakes,
Poland
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology,
Microbiology and virology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2015 Jacek Sroka, Zygmunt Giżejewski, Angelina Wójcik-Fatla, Krzysztof Stojecki, Ewa Bilska-Zając, Jacek Dutkiewicz, Tomasz Cencek, Jacek Karamon, Violetta Zając, Paweł Kusyk, Joanna Dąbrowska, Maciej Kochanowski, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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