Prevalence and risk factors of Giardia duodenalis in dogs from Romania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 325-329

  Mircean, Viorica ^a   Györke, Adriana ^a   Cozma, Vasile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dogs; ELISA; Flotation; Giardia; Romania

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPILLARIA; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HAMMONDIA; ISOSPORA CANIS; ISOSPORA OHIOENSIS; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA;

EID: 84855910556     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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