Internal parasitic burdens in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Grenada, West Indies
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Cysticercus fasciolaris in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Grenada, West Indies
Cat is the definitive host of Taenia taeniaeformis (T. taeniaeformis). Cysticercus fasciolaris (C. fasciolaris), the larval stage of T. taeniaeformis, develops in small rodents which act as intermediate host. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of C. fasciolaris in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the densely human populated parishes, St. George's and St. David's of Grenada, W...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heliyon
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02382