Incidence and regional distribution of the lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in cats in Croatia

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 279-287

  Grabarević, Željko ^a   Ćurić, Stipica ^a   Tustonja, Ante ^b   Artuković, Branka ^a   Šimec, Zoran ^a   Ramadan, Kristijan ^a   Živičnjak, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Veterinary Station Krapina   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Cats; Croatia; Incidence; Lungworm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347139657     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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