Dogs as sources and sentinels of parasites in humans and wildlife, Northern Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-63

  Salb, Amanda L ^a,b   Barkema, Herman W ^b   Elkin, Brett T ^b,c   Thompson, R C Andrew ^d   Whiteside, Douglas P ^a,b   Black, Sandra R ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^e   Kutz, Susan J ^b  

^a Veterinary Services Calgary Zoo Animal Health Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ECHINOCOCCUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; TAENIA; TOXOCARA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 38049044372     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.071113     Document Type: Article

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