Occurrence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Norwegian red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 347-353

  Hamnes, Inger S ^a   Gjerde, Bjørn K ^a   Forberg, Torunn ^a   Robertson, Lucy J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FOX; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; NORWAY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33846254617     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.032     Document Type: Article

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