The red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) as a source of zoonoses

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Letková, Valéria ^a   Lazar, Peter ^a   Čurlík, Ján ^a   Goldová, Mária ^a   Kočišová, Alica ^a   Košuthová, Lenka ^a   Mojžišová, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Prevalence; Red fox; Toxocara canis; Trichinella spp.; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHINELLA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33846128418     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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