Observations on the Echinococcus granulosus horse strain in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Ponce Gordo, F ^a   Cuesta Bandera, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Horse; Spain; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HORSE; HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; SHEEP; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FERTILITY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032584051     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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