Variation in the prevalence and abundance of acanthocephalans in brown-nosed coatis Nasua nasua and crab-eating foxes Cerdocyon thous in the Brazilian Pantanal

Abstract Host infection by parasites is influenced by an array of factors, including host and environmental features. We investigated the relationship between host sex, body size and age, as well as seasonality on infection patterns by acanthocephalan in coatis (Procyonidae: Nasua nasua) and in cra...

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Main Authors: A. P. N. Gomes, A. Maldonado Júnior, R. C. Bianchi, J. G. R. Souza, P. S. D’Andrea, M. E. Gompper, N. Olifiers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2018-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842018005034102&lng=en&tlng=en