Risk factors for endoparasitism in dogs: Retrospective case-control study of 6578 veterinary teaching hospital cases

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 636-640

  Gates, M C ^a   Nolan, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 71149099652     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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