Sensitivity of double centrifugation sugar fecal flotation for detecting intestinal helminths in coyotes (canis latrans)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 717-723

  Liccioli, Stefano ^a   Catalano, Stefano ^a   Kutz, Susan J ^a   Lejeune, Manigandan ^b   Verocai, Guilherme G ^a   Duignan, Padraig J ^a   Fuentealba, Carmen ^c   Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a   Massolo, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Fecal flotation; Helminths; Intestinal parasites; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; CANIS LATRANS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; TAENIA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VERMES;

EID: 84863458078     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.717     Document Type: Article

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