Prevalence of fecal-borne parasites detected by centrifugal flotation in feline samples from two shelters in upstate New York

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-303

  Lucio Forster, Araceli ^a   Bowman, Dwight D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CENTRIFUGATION; FECES; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CENTRIFUGATION; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEW YORK; PARASITES; PREVALENCE;

ANCYLOSTOMA; AONCHOTHECA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYSTOISOSPORA; DEMODEX; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; EUCOLEUS; FELICOLA SUBROSTRATUS; FELIDAE; GIARDIA; OTODECTES; SARCOCYSTIS; SPIROMETRA; TAENIIDAE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 79952616500     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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