Dirofilaria infections in working dogs in Slovakia

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-176

  Miterpakova M ^a   Antolova D ^a   Hurnikova Z ^a   Dubinsky P ^a   Pavlacka A ^b   Nemeth J ^c  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Canine and Equine Division Police Corps Presidium   (Slovakia)

^c Health Service of the Army Headquarters   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; MICROFILARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SLOVAKIA; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DOG DISEASE; FILARIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 77954717736     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09990496     Document Type: Article

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