Larval development of the feline lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in Helix aspersa

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3101-3108

  Di Cesare, Angela ^a   Crisi, Paolo Emidio ^a   Di Giulio, Emanuela ^b   Veronesi, Fabrizia ^c   Frangipane Di Regalbono, Antonio ^d   Talone, Tonino ^a   Traversa, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b James Herriot Veterinary Clinic   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AELUROSTRONGYLOSIS; AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HELIX ASPERSA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLIDA; TREND STUDY;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE VECTORS; HELIX (SNAILS); LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84882635353     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3484-2     Document Type: Article

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