New insights on metastrongyloid lungworms infecting cats of Sardinia, Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 222-226

  Tamponi, C ^a   Varcasia, A ^a   Brianti, E ^b   Pipia, A P ^a   Frau, V ^a   Pinna Parpaglia, M L ^a   Sanna, G ^a   Garippa, G ^a   Otranto, D ^c   Scala, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Broncho pulmonary nematodes; Cats; Epidemiology; Sardinia; Troglostrongylus brevior

Indexed keywords

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ITALY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR;

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; BRONCHO-PULMONARY NEMATODES; CATS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SARDINIA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FECES; FEMALE; ITALY; LARVA; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84899944294     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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