Risk factors and control of intestinal parasite infections in sled dogs in Poland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 343-350

  Bajer, Anna ^a   Bednarska, Malgorzata ^a   Rodo, Anna ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Intestinal parasites; Risk factors; Sled dogs; Toxocara canis; Treatment; Trichuris; Uncinaria

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; RNA 18S;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIASIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; APICOMPLEXA; DIPLOMONADIDA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS; UNCINARIA; VERMES;

EID: 78751613308     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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