Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati and Toxascaris leonina in wild and domestic carnivores

Helminthologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Okulewicz, A ^a   Perec Matysiak, A ^a   Bunkowska K ^a   Hildebrand, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

carnivores; T. canis; T. cati; Toxascaris leonina

Indexed keywords

ASCARIDIDAE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; TOXASCARIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

EID: 84855595249     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-012-0001-6     Document Type: Review

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