Factors influencing U.S. canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) prevalence

Factors influencing U.S. canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) prevalence

Abstract Background This paper examines the individual factors that influence prevalence rates of canine heartworm in the contiguous United States. A data set provided by the Companion Animal Parasite Council, which contains county-by-county results of over nine million heartworm tests conducted dur...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dongmei Wang, Dwight D Bowman, Heidi E Brown, Laura C Harrington, Phillip E Kaufman, Tanja McKay, Charles Thomas Nelson, Julia L Sharp, Robert Lund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Canine heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis
Head-banging smoothing
Mosquito vectors
Prevalence rates
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-264

Similar Items

Similar Items