Seroepidemiological survey of helminthic parasites of stray dogs in Sari City, Northern Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-137

  Gholami, Shirzad ^a   Daryani, Ahmad ^a   Sharif, Mehdi ^a   Amouei, Afsaneh ^a   Mobedi, Iraj ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Juvenile; Transmission; Worms; Zoonose

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HELMINTH; IRAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; IRAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; SPIROCERCA LUPI; TAENIA; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA OVIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VERMES;

EID: 79951570855     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.133.137     Document Type: Article

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