Prevalence study of the lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in stray cats of Portugal

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-246

  Payo Puente, Pablo ^a,b   Botelho Dinis, M ^a   Carvaja Urueña, Ana Maria ^b   Payo Puente, Miren ^a,b   Gonzalo Orden, José M ^b   Rojo Vazquez, Francisco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 44649134187     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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