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Strongylids (Nematoda: Strongylidae) in two zebra species from the “Askania-Nova” Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine: biodiversity and parasite community structure Cover

Strongylids (Nematoda: Strongylidae) in two zebra species from the “Askania-Nova” Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine: biodiversity and parasite community structure

Helminthologia
Volume 50 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)
By: T. Kuzmina,  V. Kharchenko,  N. Zvegintsova,  L. Zhang and  J. Liu  
Open Access
|Feb 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-013-0128-0 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
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Published on: Feb 22, 2014
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Keywords:
Strongylidae,
zebra,
Equus grevyi,
Equus burchelli,
Askania-Nova,
Ukraine
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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