A survey of fleas on dogs in southern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 375-378

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Spera, Gelsomina ^a   Musella, Vincenzo ^a   Carbone, Sabrina ^a   Veneziano, Vincenzo ^a   Iori, Albertina ^b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ctenocephalides canis; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Dog; Epidemiology; Flea

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG DISEASE; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA; TEMPERATURE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 34548017874     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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