Risk factors for canine neosporosis in farm and kennel dogs in southern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 240-244

  Paradies, Paola ^a   Capelli, Gioia ^b   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Trees, Alexander J ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dogs; Leishmaniosis; Neospora caninum; Oocysts; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; ITALY; MALE; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33947271293     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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