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Demographic, environmental and physiological predictors of gastrointestinal parasites in urban raccoons
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- 1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
- 2. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, USA
- 3. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, Concord, NH, 03301, USA
- 4. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Wildlife Services, Berlin, VT, 05602, USA
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Wait, Liana F., Johnson, Shylo R., Nelson, Kathleen M., Chipman, Richard B., Pogmore, Frederick E., Dobson, Andrew P., Graham, Andrea L. (2023): Demographic, environmental and physiological predictors of gastrointestinal parasites in urban raccoons. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 21: 116-128, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.04.011, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.04.011
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