Gastrointestinal parasites of domestic cats in Perth, Western Australia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 251-262

  McGlade, T R ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Elliot, A D ^a   Read, C ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Gastrointestinal parasites; Helminths; Protozoa; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HELMINTHIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOSPORA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOCARA; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 0345448348     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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