Prevalence of dirofilaria immitis in dogs of fars province of Iran

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Jafari, S ^a   Gaur, S N S ^a   Khaksar, Z ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Dog; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044551065     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.1996.9706101     Document Type: Article

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