A survey of pet ownership, awareness and public knowledge of pet zoonoses with particular reference to roundworms and hookworms in Harare, Zimbabwe

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-252

  Pfukenyi, Davies Mubika ^a   Chipunga, S L ^a   Dinginya, L ^a   Matenga, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Hookworms; Pet ownership; Public awareness; Rabies; Roundworms; Zimbabwe; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; VERMES;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZIMBABWE; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZIMBABWE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77951216707     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9413-9     Document Type: Article

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