Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
Year:
2013
Volume:
12
Issue:
14
Page No.
1237 - 1240
Effect of Infestation of Pyxinia firma on the Total Haemocyte Counts
(THC) and Larval Growth of the Dermestes vulpinus (Dermestidae: Coleoptera)
Authors :
M.I. Siddiqui
and
M.S. Al-Khalifa
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