Genotype identification and prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in pet dogs of Guangzhou, Southern China

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 368-371

  Li, Jie ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Wang, Peiyuan ^a   Alsarakibi, Muhamd ^a   Zhu, Haibo ^a   Liu, Yuanjia ^a   Meng, Xianglong ^a   Li, Jinping ^a   Guo, Jianchao ^a   Li, Guoqing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; Giardia duodenalis; Guangzhou; PCR; Pet dogs

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIARRHEA; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84864563049     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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