Hair coat contamination with zoonotic helminth eggs of farm and pet dogs and foxes;Fellkontamination mit Eiern von zoonotischen Helminthen bei Hofund Haushunden sowie bei Füchsen

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 503-511

  Nagy, Anina ^a   Ziadinov, Iskenderali ^a   Schweiger, Alexander ^a   Schnyder, Manuela ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canids; Direct transmission; Echinococcus multilocularis; Hair contamination; Toxocara canis; Toxocara cati

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; TAENIIDAE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; VERMES; VULPES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOX; HAIR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; TOXOCARA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOXES; HAIR; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; TOXOCARA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84858226584     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2076/0005-9066-124-500     Document Type: Article

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