Prevalence of Campylobacter and four endoparasites in dog populations associated with Hearing Dogs

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 632-637

  Guest, C M ^a   Stephen, J M ^a   Price, C J ^b  

^a Hearing Dogs for Deaf People   (United Kingdom)

^b Hampden Veterinary Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COCCIDIA; GIARDIA; ISOPORA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA;

EID: 35748978619     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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