Larval development of Toxocara canis in dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 193-206

  Schnieder, Thomas ^a   Laabs, Eva Maria ^a   Welz, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infection routes; Larval development; Prenatal infection; Toxocara canis; Toxocarosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LECTIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; BITCH; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; EGG PARASITOID; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE EVASION; INTESTINE PARASITE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREVALENCE; PUPPY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LARVA; MOVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 78751605584     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.027     Document Type: Review

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