Use of allopurinol to treat visceral leishmaniosis in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 615-617

  Lester, Sally Jane ^a   Kenyon, Jim Edmund ^b  

^a Central Laboratory for Veterinarians   (Canada)

^b Box 5992   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL;

ARTICLE; DOG; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLD; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; SKIN; SPAIN; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0029906422     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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