Prevalence of intestinal parasites, including Cryptosporidium parvum, in dogs in Zaragoza city, Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 161-167

  Causape A C ^a   Quilez J ^b   Sanchez Acedo C ^a   Del Cacho, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; dog; intestinal parasites; prevalence; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030608504     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01033-3     Document Type: Article

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