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   Endoparasites (helminths and coccidians) in the hedgehogs Atelerix algirus and Paraechinus aethiopicus from Algeria

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mourad Khaldi --- Laboratory of Ecology, Department of Biology, Algeria Jordi Torres --- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Span Berta Samsó --- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Span Jordi Miquel --- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Span Mohamed Biche --- Department of Agricultural and Forest Zoology, Algeria Meryam Benyettou --- Laboratory of Ecology, Department of Biology, Algeria Ghania Barech --- Laboratory of Ecology, Department of Biology, Algeria Hadj Aissa Benelkadi --- Department of Agricultural and Forest Zoology, Algeria Alexis Ribas --- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Span

   The study of endoparasites (helminths and coccidians) in the Algerian (Atelerix algirus) and desert (Paraechinus aethiopicus) hedgehogs was performed between July 2008 and October 2009. The helminth species found included two cestodes, Mathevotaenia erinacei (Anoplocephalidae) and an unidentified cestode larva...

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   Endo-parasites of public-health importance recovered from rodents in the Durban metropolitan area, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Colleen E Archer --- School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science, South Africa Christopher C Appleton --- School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science, South Africa Samson Mukaratirwa --- School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science, South Africa Jennifer Lamb --- School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science, South Africa M Corrie Schoeman --- School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science, South Africa

   Background: Parasite infections of public health importance carried by Rattus spp. on the African continent (excluding toxoplasmosis) have not been adequately researched. The aim of this study was to investigate endoparasites of public health importance, particularly those associated with R...

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