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An endemic area of Dirofilaria immitis seropositive dogs at the eastern foothills of Mt Olympus, Northern Greece Cover

An endemic area of Dirofilaria immitis seropositive dogs at the eastern foothills of Mt Olympus, Northern Greece

Helminthologia
Volume 47 (2010): Issue 1 (March 2010)
By: M. Lefkaditis,  S. Koukeri and  V. Cozma  
Open Access
|Feb 2010

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-010-0001-3 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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