Incidence of patent toxocara canis infection in bitches during the oestrous cycle

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 104-107

  Overgaauw, P A M ^a   Okkens, A C ^b   Bevers, M M ^c   Kortbeek, L M ^d  

^a Virbac Nederland BV   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d National Institute of Public Health and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOGS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RISK FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0032111185     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1998.9694850     Document Type: Article

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