Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in a colony of stray cats (Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758) in Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 376-378

  Mendes de Almeida, Flavya ^a   Labarthe, Norma ^a   Guerrero, Jorge ^b   Landau Remy, Gabriella ^c   Rodrigues, Daniela Prado ^c   Borja, Gonzalo Efrain Moya ^d   Pereira, Maria Julia Salim ^d  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Parque da Quinta da Boa Vista s n   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cochliomyia hominivorax; Felis catus; Myiasis; Screwworm; Stray cats

Indexed keywords

AGROPEN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; PENICILLIN PLUS STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; MALE; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREWWORM FLY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MYIASIS; PREVALENCE;

COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 34247278076     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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