Prevalence of endoparasites in household cat (Felis catus) populations from Transylvania (Romania) and association with risk factors

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Mircean, Viorica ^a   Titilincu, Adriana ^a   Vasile, Cozma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Endoparasites; Helminths; Household cats; Protozoa; Romania; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA AEROPHILIA; CAT; ENDOPARASITE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; INFORMATION; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA FELIS; ISOSPORA RIVOLTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; RURAL AREA; SARCOCYSTIS; STRONGYLOIDES; TAENIA; TAENIA GONDII; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CATI; URBAN AREA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EUKARYOTA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMA; CAPILLARIA; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA FELIS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; STRONGYLOIDES; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TOXOCARA CATI; VERMES;

EID: 77953617659     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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