Risk of Toxocara canis eggs in stray and domestic dog hair in Egypt

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 319-323

  El Tras, Wael F ^a   Holt, Hannah R ^b   Tayel, Ahmed A ^c  

^a Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dogs; Egypt; Parasites; Toxocara canis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC DOG; EGYPT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HINDLIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STRAY DOG; TOXOCARA CANIS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EGYPT; FECES; HAIR; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 79956260991     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.12.051     Document Type: Article

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