Survival of first-stage larvae of the cat lungworm Troglostrongylus brevior (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae) under different conditions

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 570-572

  Ramos, Rafael Antonio Nascimento ^a   Giannelli, Alessio ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Brianti, Emanuele ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Faeces; Survival; Temperature; Troglostrongylus brevior; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLIDA; SURVIVAL TIME; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR;

ENVIRONMENT; FAECES; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR; WATER;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84884950334     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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