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Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and wild dogs (dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) and dingo/domestic dog hybrids), as sylvatic hosts for Australian Taenia hydatigena and Taenia ovis

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  • 1. School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
  • 2. Institute for Parasitology, Winterthurerstr 266a, University of Zürich, Zürich CH-8057, Switzerland

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Jenkins, David J., Urwin, Nigel A.R., Williams, Thomas M., Mitchell, Kate L., Lievaart, Jan J., Armua-Fernandez, Maria Teresa (2014): Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and wild dogs (dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) and dingo/domestic dog hybrids), as sylvatic hosts for Australian Taenia hydatigena and Taenia ovis. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3 (2): 75-80, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.03.001, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.03.001

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