Distribution, seasonality and risk factors for tick paralysis in Australian dogs and cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 460-468

  Eppleston, K R ^a   Kelman, M ^b   Ward, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Virbac (Australia) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Epidemiology; Ixodes holocyclus; Mapping; Risk factors; Spatial distribution; Surveillance; Tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREED DIFFERENCE; CAT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; IXODES CORNUATUS; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODIDA;

CATS; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; MAPPING; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEILLANCE; TICK PARALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 84881543338     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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