Increasing incidence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in USA with focus on the southeast region 2013–2016

Abstract Background A recent American Heartworm Society (AHS) survey on the incidence of adult heartworm infections in dogs in the United States of America showed a 21.7% increase in the average cases per veterinary clinic from 2013 to 2016. The analysis reported here was performed to see if heartwo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jason Drake, Scott Wiseman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2631-0