Development and transmission of Protostrongylus boughtoni (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea), a lungworm of the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)

• Author / Creator

  Kralka, Robert A.

• Masters thesis. Life cycle, levels of infection and patterns of transmission of the parasite Protostrongylus boughtoni were studied in populations of snails and snowshoe hares near Slave Lake, Alberta and in laboratory experiments.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Nematodes
  • Arctic Hares
  • Gastropoda
  • Animal Parasites
  • Peace River Country
  • Northern Alberta
  • Nematoda
  • Leporidae
  • Hares
  • Roundworms
  • Alberta, North of Line E-W Thru Edmonton
  • Snails
  • Canada

• Graduation date

  1983

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3X05XP1R

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.