Temperature and the development and survival of infective Toxocara canis larvae

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 649-656

  Azam, Dena ^a,b   Ukpai, Onyinye M ^a,c   Said, Ashraf ^b   Abd Allah, Gamal A ^b   Morgan, Eric Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; OVUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TOXOCARA CANIS;

TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 84857037315     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2536-8     Document Type: Article

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