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Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in pigs from Slovakia, with evaluation of size, fertility and number of hydatid cysts

Helminthologia
Volume 46 (2009): Issue 3 (September 2009)
By: Ľ. Turčeková,  V. Šnábel,  V. Dudiňák,  V. Gašpar and  P. Dubinský  
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|Sep 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0029-4 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
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Published on: Sep 8, 2009
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Keywords:
Echinococcus,
hydatid cysts,
prevalence,
fertility,
intensity of infection,
cyst size
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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