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Bjork, K.E.; Averbeck, G.A.; Stromberg, B.E.
Parasites and parasite stages of free-ranging wild lions (_Panthera leo_) of northern Tanzania
2000 Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (31): 56-61
Fecal samples from 33 lions (_Panthera leo_) in Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area in northern Tanzania contained 19 different parasites, 12 of which, including _Aelurostrongylus _sp., a species of Acanthocephala, a species of Anoplocephalidae, _Capillaria _sp., _Demodex _sp., _Eimeria _sp., _Habronema _sp., _Isospora felis, Isospora rivolta, _one species of _Isospora _that was previously undescribed from lions, one species of Trematoda that was previously undescribed from lions, and _Trichuris _sp., were new reports for lions. Seven other species had been previously reported from lions.
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