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Protozoa in the digestive tract of wild herbivores in South Africa. I: Warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)

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  • 1. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa.
  • 2. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691.E-mail:dehority.1@osu.edu

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Booyse, Dirk G., Boomker, Elizabeth A., Dehority, Burk A. (2010): Protozoa in the digestive tract of wild herbivores in South Africa. I: Warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus). Zootaxa 2492 (1): 63-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2492.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2492.1.4

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