Gastrointestinal helminthes in stray cats (Felis Catus) from Aizawl, Mizoram, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-258

  Borthakur, S K ^a   Mukharjee, S N ^a  

^a Central Agrilcultural University   (India)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal helminth; India; Stray cats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; FEMALE; INDIA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INDIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 80051571904     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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