Ectoparasites of dogs in home environments on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica;Ectoparasitos de cães no ambiente doméstico da vertente Caribe, Costa Rica

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-183

  Troyo, Adriana ^a   Calderón Arguedas, Ólger ^a   Alvarado, Gilbert ^a,b   Vargas Castro, Luis E ^a   Avendaño, Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Domestic dogs; Ixodida; Phthiraptera; Pulex simulans; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA OVALE; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; HETERODOXUS; IXODIDA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PULEX SIMULANS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRICHODECTES CANIS;

EID: 84863970346     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612012000200021     Document Type: Article

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