Incidence of Neospora caninum and other intestinal protozoan parasites in populations of Swiss dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 84-92

  Sager, H ^a   Moret, C Steiner ^a   Muller N ^a   Staubli, D ^a   Esposito, M ^a   Schares, G ^b   Hassig M ^c   Stark K ^d   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coproscopy; Dog; Hammondia heydorni; Neospora caninum; Serology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; GERBIL; INCUBATION TIME; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SARCOCYSTIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYSTOISOSPORA; GERBILLINAE; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; ISOSPORA; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646844436     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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