Estimated prevalence of nematode parasitism among pet cats in the United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 885-892

  De Santis, Andrea C ^a   Raghavan, Malathi ^a   Caldanaro, Richard J ^a   Glickman, Nita W ^a   Moore, George E ^a   Lewis, Hugh B ^b   Schantz, Peter M ^c   Glickman, Lawrence T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Banfield Pet Hospital   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUTUMN; BREED; CAT; FECES ANALYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NEMATODA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 33645101931     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.6.885     Document Type: Review

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