First report on clinical feline heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in Romania
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Feline Dirofilaria immitis infection
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عنوان ژورنال: Helminthologia
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1336-9083
DOI: 10.2478/helm-2020-0009