Prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus infection in stray dogs and herbivores in Shiraz, Iran

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-220

  Mehrabani, D ^a   Oryan, A ^b   Sadjjadi, S M ^c  

^a Razi Vaccine and Serum Research   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cattle Cestoda; Dog; Echinococcus granulosus; Goat, sheep Cestoda; Haydatid cyst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; INFESTATION; INTESTINE; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INTESTINE, SMALL; IRAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0032862041     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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