Echinococcus granulosus in the wolf in Italy

Parassitologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-427

  Guberti, V ^a   Bolognini, M ^a   Lanfranchi, P ^b   Battelli, G ^c  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Italy; Wildlife; Wolf

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WOLF;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; ITALY; LARVA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 23644445831     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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