The prevalence of intestinal parasites in dogs from Prague, rural areas, and shelters of the Czech Republic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 120-128

  Dubna S ^a   Langrova I ^a   Napravnik J ^a   Jankovska I ^a   Vadlejch, J ^a   Pekar S ^b   Fechtner, J ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Dog; Intestinal parasites; Prevalence; Toxocara canis; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST; CYSTOISOSPORA; DIPYLIDIUM; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; HAMMONDIA; HELMINTH; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SPIROCERCA; TAENIA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPILLARIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYSTOISOSPORA; DIPYLIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SPIROCERCA; TAENIA; TOXASCARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS; UNCINARIA; VERMES;

EID: 33847784019     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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