Survey of Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856) in random source cats in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with descriptions of lesions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Labarthe, Norma ^a,c   Ferreira, Ana Maria Reis ^a   Guerrero, Jorge ^b   Newcomb, Kathleen ^b   Paes de Almeida, Elan ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat; Dirofilaria immitis; Feline; Heartworm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030822228     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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