Small animal deworming protocols, client education, and veterinarian perception of zoonotic parasites in western Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Stull, Jason W ^a,c   Carr, Anthony P ^b   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Berghaus, Roy D ^a   Hird, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Bureau of Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXOCARIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CANADA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXOCARIASIS; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

EID: 34047269304     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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