Toxocara canis in household dogs: prevalence, risk factors and owners’ attitude towards deworming

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 561-569

  Nijsse, R ^a   Ploeger, H W ^a   Wagenaar, J A ^a,c   Mughini Gras, L ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deworming frequency; Dog; Faecal samples; Gastrointestinal parasites; Toxocara canis; Toxocara eggs

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTHELMINTICS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROPHAGY; DEWORMING; DOG BREED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELMINTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; WORM EXPULSION; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARASITOLOGY; PETS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ATTITUDE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PETS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84925500831     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4218-9     Document Type: Article

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