Intestinal parasites in dogs and cats from the district of Évora, Portugal

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 242-245

  Ferreira, F S ^a   Pereira Baltasar, P ^b   Parreira, R ^a   Padre, L ^b   Vilhena, M ^b   Tavora Tavira L ^a   Atouguia, J ^a   Centeno Lima, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; vora; Giardia duodenalis; Intestinal parasites

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOST RANGE; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PORTUGAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHURIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PORTUGAL;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; ISOSPORA; PROTOZOA; TOXASCARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 79957588531     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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