Radiographic and 2-D echocardiographic findings in eighteen cats experimentally exposed to D. immitis via mosquito bites

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Selcer, B A ^a   Newell, S M ^a   Mansour, A E ^a   McCall, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline heartworm disease; Pulmonary hyperinflation; Thoracic radiographs in feline asthma; Thoracic radiography in feline heartworm disease

Indexed keywords

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0011499006     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1996.tb00810.x     Document Type: Article

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