Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Year: 2012
Volume: 11
Issue: 24
Page No. 4514 - 4518

First Report of the Wild Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana) as a New Primate Host of Gongylonema pulchrum with High Incidence in China

Authors : Yong Zhu, Huan Ji, Jin-Hua Li, Dong-Po Xia, Bing-Hua Sun, Yu-Rui Xu and Randall C. Kyes

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