Fox baiting against Echinococcus multilocularis: Contrasted achievements among two medium size cities

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 147-155

  Comte, S ^a   Raton, V ^a   Raoul, F ^b   Hegglin, D ^c   Giraudoux, P ^b,e   Deplazes, P ^c   Favier, S ^a   Gottschek, D ^a   Umhang, G ^d   Boue F ^d   Combes, B ^a  

^a Domaine de Pixérécourt ^*  (France)

^b université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^e FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis control; Praziquantel; Prophylaxis; Urban fox; Vulpes vulpes; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CITY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FOX; FRANCE; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CITIES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FOXES; FRANCE; HUMANS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84879030048     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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