The role of wild canids and felids in spreading parasites to dogs and cats in Europe Part I: Protozoa and tick-borne agents

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 12-23

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^b   Pfeffer, Martin ^c   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,d   Brianti, Emanuele ^e   Deplazes, Peter ^f   Genchi, Claudio ^g   Guberti, Vittorio ^h   Capelli, Gioia ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

ⁱ ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Europe; Parasites; Reservoirs; Wild canids; Wild felids; Wildlife; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN MINK; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BABESIA CANIS; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; CAT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EUROPE; FELIDAE; FELIS SILVESTRIS SILVESTRIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GOLDEN JACKAL; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; RICKETTSIA; THEILERIA ANNAE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES VULPES; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; DOG; DOG DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANIDAE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; FELIDAE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84946474864     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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