Influence of anesthetics on the peripheral blood microfilaremia of Brugia malayi in the mongolian jird, Meriones unguiculatus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Beerntsen, Brenda T ^a,b   Lowenberger, Carl A ^a   Klinkhammer, Jennifer A ^a   Christensen, Linda A ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETHER; KETAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ETHER, ETHYL; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; KETAMINE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITEMIA; PENTOBARBITAL; XYLAZINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRUGIA MALAYI; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0029882459     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284171     Document Type: Article

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