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Prevalence of intestinal parasites and genotyping of Giardia intestinalis in pet shop puppies in east Japan.
Veterinary parasitology - 28 Feb 2011
Itoh N, Itagaki T, Kawabata T, Konaka T, Muraoka N, Saeki H, Kanai K, Chikazawa S, Hori Y, Hoshi F, Higuchi S
Abstract excerpt
The current study examined the prevalence of intestinal parasites and genotypes of Giardia intestinalis in puppies from nine pet shops in east Japan. Fresh fecal samples from 1794 puppies (≦3 months old) were collected on one occasion. Giardia spp. was examined for specific coproantigen using ELI...
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