A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Campylobacter and Other Zoonotic Enteric Pathogens in Dogs that Frequent Dog Parks in Three Cities in South-Western Ontario and Risk Factors for Shedding of Campylobacter spp.

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-218

  Procter, T D ^a,b   Pearl, D L ^a,b   Finley, R L ^a,c   Leonard, E K ^a   Janecko, N ^a,c   Reid Smith, R J ^a,c   Weese, J S ^a,b   Peregrine, A S ^a,b   Sargeant, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Dogs; Giardia; Risk factors; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84898804101     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12062     Document Type: Article

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