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The coccidia infesting the cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus nuttallii grangeri (Allen), with descriptions of two new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Ralph F. Honess
Affiliation:
Agriculture Experiment Station, University of Wyoming

Extract

The oocysts studied were concentrated from the contents of the colon and caecum of the cottontail rabbit. The concentration method of Benbrook (1929) has been found to serve best.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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