Cryptosporidium spp. and other zoonotic enteric parasites in a sample of domestic dogs and cats in the Niagara region of Ontario

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1179-1184

  Shukla, Rahul ^a   Giraldo, Patricia ^a   Kraliz, Andrea ^b   Finnigan, Michael ^b   Sanchez, Ana L ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Main West Animal Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAT DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; TOXOCARA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; TOXOCARA;

EID: 33846496700     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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