Prevalence, molecular typing and risk factor analysis for Giardia duodenalis infections in dogs in a central London rescue shelter

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Upjohn, Melissa ^a   Cobb, Charlotte ^a   Monger, Joanne ^a   Geurden, Thomas ^b   Claerebout, Edwin ^b   Fox, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Dog; Giardia duodenalis; Prevalence; Rescue shelter; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 77956010536     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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