Helminth parasites of the house cat, Felis catus, in Connecticut, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-119

  Rembiesa, Cheryl ^a   Richardson, Dennis J ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Ancylostoma tubaeforme; Cat; Connecticut; Dipylidium caninum; Felis catus; Toxocara cati; Toxocariasis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CATUS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERMES;

EID: 0042200542     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647(2003)070[0115:hpothc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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