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Parasitology Articles

  • Animal parasitology (Notoedres cati). (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2008, from https://www.k-state.edu/parasitology/625tutorials/Mites01.html.
  • Manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals, 5th edition, 2004. (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2008, from https://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mmanual/A_00124.htm.
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Additional Articles and Journals

  • Kling, M.A. (May 2011). A review of respiratory system anatomy, physiology, and disease in the mouse, rat, hamster, and gerbil. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 14(2), 287-337. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvex.2011.03.007
  • Rat bacterial diseases. (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2008, from netvet.wustl.edu/species/rats/ratbact.txt.

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