Toxocara cati infections in stray cats in northern Iran

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-66

  Sharif, M ^a   Nasrolahei, M ^a   Ziapour, S P ^a   Gholami, S ^a   Ziaei, H ^a   Daryani, A ^a   Khalilian, A ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; IRAN; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

TOXOCARA CATI;

EID: 34347329097     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X07214117     Document Type: Article

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