Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. infections in sled dogs;Zarażenia Cryptosporidium spp. i Giardia spp. u psów zaprzȩgowych

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-687

  Bajer, Anna ^a,b   Bednarska, MaŁgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Sled dogs

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34347344811     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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