Cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered sheep in Sardinia (Italy)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Scala, A ^a   Garippa, G ^a   Varcasia, A ^a   Tranquillo, V M ^b   Genchi, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Sardinia; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FERTILITY; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; ITALY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 29344448450     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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