Diagnosis and risk factors of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida) infection in cats from Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 182-186

  Traversa, Donato ^a   Lia, Riccardo P ^b   Iorio, Raffaella ^a   Boari, Andrea ^a   Paradies, Paola ^b   Capelli, Gioia ^c   Avolio, Stefania ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Italy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

FELIDAE; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 41149139028     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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