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First report on molecular identification and fenbendazole resistance against Baylisascaris transfuga infection in Melursus ursinus (sloth bear) Cover

First report on molecular identification and fenbendazole resistance against Baylisascaris transfuga infection in Melursus ursinus (sloth bear)

Helminthologia
Volume 51 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
By: A. Moudgil,  L. Singla and  M. Singh  
Open Access
|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0239-2 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 262 - 268
Published on: Nov 4, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Baylisascaris transfuga,
deworming,
eggs per gram,
ITSs,
molecular identification,
sloth bear
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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