Factors associated with gastrointestinal parasite infection in dogs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 234-240

  Balassiano, Bianca Chiganer Cramer ^a   Campos, Mônica Rodrigues ^b   de Menezes, Rita de Cássia Alves Alcantara ^a   Pereira, Maria Julia Salim ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Canis familiaris; Cross sectional study; Helminths; Logistic regression; Protozoans

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ESTRUS; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

AGING; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESTRUS; EUKARYOTA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 68749103175     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.030     Document Type: Article

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