Intestinal macro- and microparasites of wolves (Canis lupus L.) from north-eastern Poland recovered by coprological study

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-245

  Kloch, Agnieszka ^a   Bednarska, Małgorzata ^b   Bajer, Anna ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Canis lupus; Cryptosporidium parvum; Dipylidium; Giardia; Helminths; Intestinal protozoa; Toxocara; Trichuris; Uncinaria; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CESTODE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WOLF; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POLAND; WOLVES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; CESTODA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIPYLIDIUM; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS; UNCINARIA; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VERMES;

EID: 33645079166     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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