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Morphological and molecular data of Hepatozoon ursi in two brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Turkey

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Akyuz, Muzaffer, Kirman, Ridvan, Guven, Esin (2020): Morphological and molecular data of Hepatozoon ursi in two brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Turkey. Folia Parasitologica (032) 67: 1-4, DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.032, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2020.032

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