Veterinary and public health aspects of Toxocara spp

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 398-403

  Overgaauw, Paul A M ^a   van Knapen, Frans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cat; Control; Diagnosis; Dog; Epidemiology; Prevention; Toxocara canis; Toxocara cati; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COVERT TOXOCAROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS; PARASITE CONTROL; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOCARIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TOXOCARA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARIAN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; OVUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84875075760     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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