Lungworms of the genus Troglostrongylus (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae): Neglected parasites for domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 104-112

  Brianti, E ^a   Giannetto, S ^a   Dantas Torres, F ^b,c   Otranto, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Domestic cat; Metastrongyloidea; Troglostrongylus brevior; Troglostrongylus spp.; Troglostrongylus subcrenatus

Indexed keywords

CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METASTRONGYLOIDIASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLIDA; TAXONOMIC RANK; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS SUBCRENATUS; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS TROGLOSTRONGYLUS; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS WILSONT;

CRENOSOMATIDAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLIDA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS;

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; DOMESTIC CAT; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS SPP.; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS SUBCRENATUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84900465699     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.01.019     Document Type: Review

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