Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis in dogs and cats: Veterinary and public health importance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Bowman, Dwight D ^a   Lucio Forster, Araceli ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cryptosporidium; Diplomonad; Flagellate; Giardia; Parasite; Protozoa; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; FEBANTEL; FENBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PAROMOMYCIN; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; DIPLOMONADIDA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 72449187175     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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