Epidemiological survey of canine heartworm disease on the island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands - Spain) between 2000 and 2008

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 165-168

  Montoya Alonso, J A ^a   Carreton E ^a   Juste, M C ^a   Mellado, I ^b   Morchon R ^b   Simon F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canarian Warren Hound population; Canine population; Dirofilaria immitis; Heartworm; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BREED; CANARIAN WARREN HOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; FEMALE; INSECT BITE; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 77956262978     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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