Prevalence of intestinal nematode parasitism among pet dogs in the United States (2003-2006)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-637

  Mohamed, Ahmed S ^a   Moore, George E ^a   Glickman, Larry T ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 62949177175     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.5.631     Document Type: Article

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