The parasite fauna of stray domestic cats (Felis catus) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-134

  Schuster, Rolf K ^a   Thomas, Katja ^b   Sivakumar, Saritha ^a   O'Donovan, Declan ^c  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Wadi Al Safa Wildlife Centre   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CAT; CENTRORHYNCHUS ALUCONIS; CESTODE; COCCIDIA; CYSTOISOSPORA FELIS; CYSTOISOSPORA RIVOLTA; DIPLOPYLIDIUM NOELLERI; FEMALE; FLEA; HAMMONDIA; HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES; HETEROPHYOPSIS CONTINUA; HYDATIGERA TAENIAEFORMIS; JOYEUXIELLA; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OLLULANUS TRICUSPIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGODERMATITES AFFINIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SYNOSTERNUS PALLIDUS; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA MYSTAX; TOXOPLASMA; TREMATODE; XENOPSYLLA ASTIA;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; CENTRORHYNCHUS ALUCONIS; CYSTOISOSPORA; CYSTOISOSPORA RIVOLTA; DIPLOPYLIDIUM NOELLERI; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES; HETEROPHYOPSIS CONTINUA; HYDATIGERA; OLLULANUS; PTERYGODERMATITES AFFINIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA; XENOPSYLLA;

EID: 67649588666     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1372-6     Document Type: Article

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