Current status and epidemiological observation of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in dogs, cats and foxes in Italy: A "coincidence" or a parasitic disease of the Old Continent?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-325

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Ferroglio, Ezio ^b   Lia, Riccardo P ^a   Traversa, Donato ^c   Rossi, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Eyeworm; Fox; Thelazia callipaeda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOX; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; WORM;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; NEMATODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPIRURIDA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIIDAE;

EID: 0142219457     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.07.022     Document Type: Article

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