Hepatozoon canis infection of wild carnivores in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-282

  Alencar, N X ^a   Kohayagawa, A ^a   Santarem V A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerdocyon thous; Crab eating fox; Hematology; Hepatozoon canis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARNIVORE; EOSINOPHILIA; FOX; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FOXES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CERDOCYON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; HEPATOZOON CANIS;

EID: 0030789405     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01119-3     Document Type: Article

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