Endoparasites of stray dogs in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast Iran with special reference to zoonotic parasites

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-466

  Adinezadeh, Amir ^a   Kia, Eshrat Beigom ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Shojaee, Saideh ^a   Rokni, Mohammad Bagher ^a   Zarei, Zabihollah ^a   Mowlavi, Golamreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Helminth; Iran; Stray dog; Tissue protozoa

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD SMEAR; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDOPARASITE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELMINTH; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASON; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84884138268     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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