Characterization of ectoparasites in an urban cat (Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758) population of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1431-1435

  Mendes De Almeida, Flavya ^a,f   Crissiuma, Ana Lucia ^a,b,c   Gershony, Liza Crissiuma ^a   Willi, Liliane Maria Valentin ^c   Paiva, Jonimar Pereira ^c   Guerrero, Jorge ^d   Labarthe, Norma ^a,c,e  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Castelo Branco   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECTOPARASITE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FELICOLA SUBROSTRATUS; FELIS CATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LOUSE; LYNXACARUS RADOVSKYI; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; OTODECTES CYNOTIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINES; TICK; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELICOLA SUBROSTRATUS; FELIS CATUS; OTODECTES CYNOTIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79959376264     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2189-z     Document Type: Article

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