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Prevalence, abundance and intensity of eggs and oocysts of gastrointestinal parasites in the opossum Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 in Yucatan, Mexico Cover

Prevalence, abundance and intensity of eggs and oocysts of gastrointestinal parasites in the opossum Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 in Yucatan, Mexico

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|Apr 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 119 - 126
Submitted on: Jul 4, 2017
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Accepted on: Jan 26, 2018
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Published on: Apr 26, 2018
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