Short Communications A survey of internal parasites in free-ranging African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
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Gabriella Flacke*, Penny Spiering, Dave Cooper, Micaela Szykman Gunther, Ian Robertson, Carlysle Palmer & Kristin Warren Conservation Medicine Programme, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 6150 Australia Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, U.S.A. Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, Queen Elizabeth Park, Pietermaritzburg, 3202 South Africa Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, U.S.A. Veterinary Epidemiology Programme, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 6150 Australia
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