Ecology of Thelazia spp. in cattle and their vectors in Italy;Ecologia di Thelazia spp. e dei vettori in Italia

Parassitologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 257-259

  Giangaspero, A ^a   Traversa, D ^b   Otranto, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; EYE INFECTION; FLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; ITALY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCIDAE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TECHNIQUE; THELAZIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MUSCA AUTUMNALIS; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIA GULOSA; THELAZIA LACRYMALIS; THELAZIA RHODESI; THELAZIA SKRJABINI; THELAZIIDAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MUSCIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

EID: 4844227192     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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