Urban Dog Parks as Sources of Canine Parasites: Contamination Rates and Pet Owner Behaviours in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dog parks represent a recent trend in western countries, enabling owners to spend quality time with their pets in a controlled environment. Despite their growing popularity, few studies have been performed to date on these parks to investigate dog intestinal parasitic infections and soil contaminati...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Environmental & Public Health pp. 1 - 8 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
8/30/2017
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