Hair contamination of sheepdog and pet dogs with toxocara cani s eggs

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 110-115

  Tavassoli, M ^a   Javadi, S ^a   Firozi, R ^b   Rezaei, F ^c   Khezri, A R ^d   Hadian, M ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Private Clinician   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dog; Health; Public; Toxocara canis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUPPY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; WORM EGG;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 84871590564     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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