Increasing prevalence of canine heartworm in coyotes from California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 386-389

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Dirofilaria immitis; Heartworm; Survey

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CARNIVORA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAIN;

EID: 0032043930     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.386     Document Type: Article

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