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Massive, disseminated and lethal cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps (Cestoda) in captive western grey bamboo lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis Rumpler) in Zoo in the Czech Republic

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Kváč, Jana Ježková Veronika Zikmundová Pavla Příhodová František Kostka Bohumil Sak Martin (2025): Massive, disseminated and lethal cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps (Cestoda) in captive western grey bamboo lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis Rumpler) in Zoo in the Czech Republic. Folia Parasitologica (026) 72: 1-7, DOI: 10.14411/fp.2025.026, URL: https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2025.026

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