Acta Vet. Brno 2017, 86: 393-398

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201786040393

Faecal detection of the lungworms Crenosoma vulpis and Angiostrongylus vasorum and serological detection of A. vasorum in dogs from the Czech Republic

Markéta Hajnalová1, Vlasta Svobodová1, Manuela Schnyder2, Roland Schaper3, Miroslav Svoboda4

1University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathological Morphology and Parasitology, Brno, Czech Republic
2University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute of Parasitology, Zurich, Switzerland
3Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany
4University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Clinic, Brno, Czech Republic

Received March 8, 2017
Accepted December 19, 2017

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