Abstract
Jafari, S., Gaur S.N.S. and Khaksar, Z. 1996. Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs of Fars province of Iran. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 9: 27–31.
The study was carried out for one year to observe the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs of Fars province of Iran. Out of a total of 114 dogs examined, 11(9.65%) were found positive for this infection. The native Iranian dogs showed highest (18.5%) infection. There was no difference in the susceptibility to this infection, in long and short-haired animals.
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