Contamination of fox hair with eggs of Toxocara canis

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-296

  Roddie, G ^a   Holland, C ^a   Stafford, P ^a   Wolfe, A ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; EGG PARASITOID; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOX; HAIR ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FOXES; HAIR; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; IRELAND; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; VULPES;

EID: 54349090140     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X08996954     Document Type: Article

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