Comparison of two techniques for diagnosis of giardiasis in dogs

Parasite

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Decock, C ^a   Cadiergues, M C ^a   Larcher, M ^a   Vermot, S ^a   Franc, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Giardiasis

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASE; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0038312103     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2003101p69     Document Type: Article

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