The relationship of public park accessibility to dogs to the presence of Toxocara species ova in the soil

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-180

  Avcioglu, Hamza ^a   Balkaya, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Public park; Toxocara spp. ova

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CONTAMINATION; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TAENIID; TOXASCARIS LEONINA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; SOIL; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; TURKEY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TAENIIDAE; TOXOCARA;

EID: 79551608200     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0244     Document Type: Article

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