Canine faecal contamination and parasitic risk in the city of Naples (southern Italy)

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^b   Carbone, Sabrina ^a   Musella, Vincenzo ^a   Catelan, Dolores ^b   Veneziano, Vincenzo ^a   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA CANIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS;

ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FECES; HEALTH; ITALY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; ITALY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33749651137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-29     Document Type: Article

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