Emergence of canine ocular thelaziosis caused by Thelazia callipaeda in southern Switzerland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Malacrida, F ^a   Hegglin, D ^a   Bacciarini, L ^b   Otranto, D ^c   Nageli F ^d   Nageli C ^d   Bernasconi, C ^d   Scheu, U ^d   Balli, A ^d   Marenco, M ^d   Togni, L ^d   Deplazes, P ^a   Schnyder, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Veterinary Office   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Veterinary Practitioners in the Canton of Ticino ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Europe; Fox; Nematode; Switzerland; Thelazia callipaeda

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIPHORA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOX; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIOSIS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE DISEASES; FOXES; PREVALENCE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; THELAZIOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA;

EID: 53049106868     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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