Evaluation of the zoonotic potential of Giardia duodenalis in fecal samples from dogs and cats in Ontario

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1329-1333

  McDowall, Rebeccah M ^a   Peregrine, Andrew S ^b   Leonard, Erin K ^b   Lacombe, Christopher ^b   Lake, Mary ^a   Rebelo, Ana R ^a   Cai, Hugh Y ^c  

^a Laboratory Services Division   (Canada)

^b Department of Pathobiology ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84455189251     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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