Cardio-Pulmonary Parasitic Nematodes Affecting Cats in Europe: Unraveling the Past, Depicting the Present, and Predicting the Future.

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Published in Front Vet Sci on October 09, 2014

Authors

Donato Traversa1, Angela Di Cesare1

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo , Teramo , Italy.

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