Early development and life cycle of Contracaecum multipapillatum from a brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Agriculture & Biology

• Contracaecum multipapillatum 100%
• Pelecanus occidentalis 84%
• Gulf of California 69%
• early development 47%
• life cycle (organisms) 43%
• Mexico 41%
• larvae 30%
• mullet 22%
• eggs 20%
• light microscopy 14%
• Mugil curema 14%
• hatching 14%
• paratenic hosts 12%
• parasites 11%
• intermediate hosts 9%
• molting 8%
• uterus 8%
• salinity 6%
• Nematoda 6%
• culture media 6%
• developmental stages 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• larva 48%
• life cycle 41%
• gulf 37%
• egg 24%
• hatching 20%
• parasite 17%
• microscopy 14%
• egg size 13%
• intermediate host 11%
• molt 11%
• developmental stage 10%
• nematode 9%
• salinity 5%