Parasite fauna of wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) of the Andean Region, Colombia

Parasite fauna of wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) of the Andean Region, Colombia

Abstract Background Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are large herbivorous aquatic mammals living in limited areas of South, Central and North America. As with other aquatic mammals, Antillean manatees can be infected by a variety of protozoan and metazoan parasites, some of them with...

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Main Authors: Juan Vélez, Jörg Hirzmann, Katerin Arévalo-González, Malin K. Lange, Anika Seipp, Ulrich Gärtner, Anja Taubert, Susana Caballero, Carlos Hermosilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Manatees
Trichechus manatus manatus
Eimeria
Phylogeny
Chiorchis
Entamoeba
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3448-1

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