Effect of Season, Sex, and Age on Prevalence of Parasitism in Dogs from Southeastern Wisconsin

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-224

  Coggins, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma sp.; Canine; Coccidia; Dog; Giardia lamblia; Helminth; Hookworm; Isospora canis; Milwaukee; Protozoa; Toxascaris leonina; Toxocara canis; Trichuris vulpis; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742534689     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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